 | 1862 - 894 pages
...state of equilibrium and harmony of thought and feeling exist in perfection, then will a happy order prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish." As to what is meant by following the Mean, a quotation will suffice. " The Master said, there was Shun... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1867 - 444 pages
...the world, and this HARMONY is the universal path which they all should pursue. fection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish.* CONFUCIUS AFFIRMS THAT HEAVEN HAS CONFERRED A PERFECT NATURE UPON ALL, YET MOURNS THAT THE PATH OF... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 672 pages
...should all pursue. " 5. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish." The last of the Chinese classics is the work of a writer bearing the name of Mencius, who here attempted... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...he intended in saying, that " if the states of Equilibrium and Harmony exist in perfection, a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and nourish." It is here, that now we are astonished at the audacity of the writer's assertions, and now... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - China - 1868 - 466 pages
...harmony is the universal path. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish." Now, not being sages, it cannot be expected that we should enter into the essential nature of this... | |
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...they all should pursue. 5. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and nourish. In the first chapter which is given above, Tsze-sze states the views which had been handed... | |
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1870 - 398 pages
...they all should pursue. 5. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish. In the first chapter which is given above, Tsze-sze states the views which had been handed down to... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 416 pages
...they all should pursue. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish. The superior man cultivates a friendly harmony, without being weak. How firm is he in his energy 1... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 408 pages
...they all should pursue. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish. The superior man cultivates a friendly harmony, without being weak. How firm is he in his energy !... | |
 | Ross Winans - Christianity - 1873 - 496 pages
...they all should pursue. " Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish. "To show forbearance and gentleness in teaching u,hers, and not to revenge unreasonable conduct. "... | |
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... degree, there ensues what may be called the state of HARMONY. This EQUILIBRIUM is the great root from which grow all the human actings in 'the world, and this HARMONY is the universal path which they all should pursue. 5. Let the states of equilibrium... 
