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¹ Chap ¹ Lun yu ancient appear benevolence Book of Odes brother Buddhists ceremonies China Chinese Chow Chung yung Chwang-tsze Cloth Boards conduct Confucian Confucianists Confucius Confucius's court death desire destiny disciple of Confucius disciples disorder doctrines duke duties Dynasty emperor empire evil existence faith father faults favour Fcap filial piety followers fucius Han Dynasty heart heaven and earth honour Hwang-te Ibid imperial K'ang Kaou knowledge Laou Laou-tsze Laou-tsze's learning loyalty Manchoos Mencius mind Ming Dynasty minister nature object parents perfect philosopher possess prince principles punishment regard reign replied reverence righteousness Royal Asiatic Society ruler rules of propriety sacrifices Sage says Shang-te Shoo king Shoo-king sincere sovereign spirits superior T'ang Taou teachings temple things throne tion told Ts'e Ts'oo tsze Tsze-kung Tsze-loo virtue virtuous Wăn wisdom words worship Yaou and Shun Yellow River Yih king
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Page 27 - I asked one thing, and I have got three things. I have heard about the Odes ; I have heard about the rules of Propriety. I have also heard that the superior man maintains a distant reserve towards his son.
Page 147 - A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P'ang.
Page 31 - if, indeed; the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, the father not father, and the son not son, although I have my revenue, can I enjoy it?
Page 95 - Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.' CHAP. XVI. The Master said, The study of strange doctrines is injurious indeed!' CHAP. XVII. The Master said, 'Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it;— this is knowledge.
Page 36 - Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors, is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
Page 50 - Why did you not say to him,— He is simply a man, who in his eager pursuit (of knowledge) forgets his food, who in the joy of its attainment forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on?
Page 72 - It is only he, possessed of all sagely qualities that can exist under heaven, who shows himself quick in apprehension, clear in discernment, of farreaching intelligence, and, all-embracing knowledge, fitted to exercise rule ; magnanimous, generous, benign, and mild, fitted to exercise forbearance ; impulsive, energetic, firm, and enduring, fitted to maintain a firm hold; self-adjusted, grave, never swerving from the Mean, and correct, fitted to command reverence ; accomplished, distinctive, concentrative,...
Page 177 - But the runner may be snared, the swimmer may be hooked, and the flyer may be shot by the arrow. But there is the dragon. I cannot tell how he mounts on the wind through the clouds, and rises to heaven. To-day I have seen Lao-tsze, and can only compare him to the dragon...
Page 136 - To put the people to death without having instructed them ; — this is called cruelty. To require from them, suddenly, the full tale of work, without having given them warning ; — this is called oppression. To issue orders as if without urgency, at first, and, when the time comes, to insist on them with severity ; — this is called injury. And, generally speaking, to give pay or rewards to men, and yet to do it in a stingy way ; — this is called acting the part of a mere official.