Confucius and the Chinese Classics: Or, Readings in Chi Nese LiteratureAugustus Ward Loomis |
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... courses and tracts designed to exhort the people to virtue . These classical works , as well as all books put into the hands of children in the schools , are committed to memory by Chinese scholars , old and young ; and they are so ...
... courses and tracts designed to exhort the people to virtue . These classical works , as well as all books put into the hands of children in the schools , are committed to memory by Chinese scholars , old and young ; and they are so ...
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... course continued to be directed to the east and south , ( though after it crossed the Ho it pro- ceeded to extend itself westward as well ) we may con- Iclude that it had come into China from the northwest . Believing that we have in ...
... course continued to be directed to the east and south , ( though after it crossed the Ho it pro- ceeded to extend itself westward as well ) we may con- Iclude that it had come into China from the northwest . Believing that we have in ...
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... course . It determined to follow the stream , turned south with it , and moved along its eastern bank , making settlements where the country promised most advantages , till it was stopped by the river ceasing its southward flow , and ...
... course . It determined to follow the stream , turned south with it , and moved along its eastern bank , making settlements where the country promised most advantages , till it was stopped by the river ceasing its southward flow , and ...
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... courses , and the surface of the earth , and for the orders to be issued by the government of the time . As early as the beginning of the Shang dynasty , B.C. 1765 , we find E Yin presenting a written memorial to his sovereign . The ...
... courses , and the surface of the earth , and for the orders to be issued by the government of the time . As early as the beginning of the Shang dynasty , B.C. 1765 , we find E Yin presenting a written memorial to his sovereign . The ...
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... course of action . We cannot wonder that they were in the long run supplanted and absorbed by a race with the characteristics and advanta- ges which I have pointed out . The chiefs and rulers of the ancient Chinese were not without some ...
... course of action . We cannot wonder that they were in the long run supplanted and absorbed by a race with the characteristics and advanta- ges which I have pointed out . The chiefs and rulers of the ancient Chinese were not without some ...
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Page 71 - At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty, I stood firm. "At forty, I had no doubts. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.
Page 132 - Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
Page 98 - is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life ?" The Master said, " Is not RECIPROCITY such a word ? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 144 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 111 - Those who are born with the possession of knowledge are the highest class of men. Those who learn, and so, readily, get possession of knowledge, are the next. Those who are dull and stupid, and yet compass the learning are another class next to these. As to those who are dull and stupid and yet do not learn ; — they are the lowest of the people.
Page 83 - Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, 'While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?' Chi Lu added, 'I venture to ask about death?
Page 184 - Therefore an intelligent ruler will regulate the livelihood of the people, so as to make sure that, above, they shall have sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and below, sufficient wherewith to support their wives and children...
Page 106 - There are three principles of conduct which the man of high rank should consider specially important:— that in his deportment and manner he keep from violence and heedlessness; that in regulating his countenance he keep near to sincerity; and that in his words and tones he keep far from lowness and impropriety. As to such matters as attending to the sacrificial vessels, there are the proper officers for them.
Page 142 - While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of EQUILIBRIUM. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of Harmony.
Page 100 - The superior man is easy to serve and difficult to please. If you try to please him in any way which is not accordant with right, he will not be pleased. But in his employment of men, he uses them according to their capacity.