 | James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...life on earth there was a cessation also of all conscious being. But Confucius never spoke explicitly on this subject. He tried to evade it. " Ke Loo asked...master said, ' While you are not able to serve men, how v can you serve their spirits ? * The disciple added, ' I venture to ask about death/ and he was answered,... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Mythology - 1867 - 468 pages
...Thus we read (p. 107) : 4 Ke Loo asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, " Whilo you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits V ' Ke Loo added, " I venture to ask about death." He was answered, " While you do not know life, how... | |
 | 1868 - 484 pages
...practical common sense which is very refreshing. Ke Loo 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 ? ' Ke Loo added, ' I venture to ask about death.' He was answered, ' While you do not know life horn... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1868 - 402 pages
...try. " Benevolence is the tranquil habitation of man, and righteousness is his straight path." — " While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve the spirits?" — "When neither a premature death nor long life causes a man any double-mindedness,... | |
 | Baptists - 1869 - 498 pages
...unseen world, natural to the inquiring minds of his disciples, was not encouraged, but repelled. Ki-Loo asked about serving the spirits of the dead, and the...While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits ? " The disciple added, " I venture to ask about death." Confucius replied, " While you do... | |
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...not mine ; it belongs to you, 0 disciples." XI. Ke Loo 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 ? " Ke Loo added, " I venture to ask about death ? " He was answered, " While you do not know life,... | |
 | James Martin Peebles - Spiritualism - 1869 - 398 pages
...ancestors." In the Confucian Analects, (p. 57), Ke Loo 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?" Ke Loo added, " I ventured to ask about death." * * The master said, " How abundantly do spiritual... | |
 | James Martin Peebles - Spiritualism - 1869 - 396 pages
...ancestors." In the Confucian Analects, (p.- 57), Ke Loo 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?" Ke Loo added, " I ventured to a^ .*""i• death." * * The master said, " How ab' spiritual beings display... | |
 | Phrenology - 1870 - 936 pages
...One of his disciples asked, "about serving the spirits of the dead ? " The Sage evasively replied, " While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits ? " The disciple said, "I venture to ask about death," and the reply was, " While you do not know life, how can you... | |
 | William Muirhead - China - 1870 - 344 pages
...the spirits of the dead, and he replied, " while you are not able to serve men, how can you serve the spirits?" The disciple added, "I venture to ask about death," and he was told, " you do not know about life, how can you know about death ?" When inquired of as to the dead... | |
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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? 
