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" It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what should spring from it will be well ordered. It never has been the case that what was of great importance has been slightly cared for, and, at the same time, that what was of slight importance has been... "
The Chinese Classics: With a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes ... - Page 221
by James Legge - 1861
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The Chinese Classics

James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides. 7. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...was of slight importance has been greatly cared for. The preceding chapter of classical text is in the words of Confucius, handed down by the philosopher...
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The Chinese Classics: Life and teachings of Confucius

James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides. 7. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...was of slight importance has been greatly cared for. The preceding chapter of classical text is in the words of Confucius, handed down by the philosopher...
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The Chinese Classics, Volume 5, Part 1

James Legge - Chinese literature - 1870 - 398 pages
...of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of every thing besides. 7. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...spring from it will be well ordered. It never has been %he case that what was of great importance has been slightly cared for, and, at the same time, that...
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The Chinese Classics: Life and teachings of Confucius.-v.2. The life and ...

James Legge - China - 1875 - 364 pages
...mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides. 7. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...was of slight importance has been greatly cared for. The preceding chapter of classical text is in the words of Confucius, handed down by the philosopher...
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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Volume 2

Digital images - 1877 - 1038 pages
...be obliged to punish it." In speaking of the correct ed ucation of children says : Confucius aptlv " It cannot be when the root is neglected that what should spring from it should be well ordered." The state has a vital interest in its youth, who must grow up either to good...
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The Addresses and Journal of Proceedings of the National ..., Volume 20

National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1880 - 392 pages
...obliged to punish it." In speaking of the correct ed ucatioii of children says : Confucius aptly " It cannot be when the root is neglected that what should spring from it should be well ordered." The state has a vital interest in its youth, who must grow up either to good...
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Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of ...

National Education Association of the United States - Education - 1880 - 390 pages
...be obliged to punish it." In speaking of the correct ed ucation of children says : Confucius aptly " It cannot be when the root is neglected that what should spring from it should be well ordered." The state has a vital interest in its youth, who must grow up either to good...
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Confucius and the Chinese Classics: Or, Readings in Chinese Literature

Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1882 - 444 pages
...mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...was of slight importance has been greatly cared for. What is meant by " In order rightly to govern his State, it is necessary first to regulate his family,"...
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The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part 4

Confucianism - 1885 - 512 pages
...of the people, all considered the cultivation of the person to be the root (of everything besides). It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...has been slightly cared for, and at the same time what was of slight importance has been greatly cared for 2. 1 There is great difficulty in determining...
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The Life and Teaching of Confucius: With Explanatory Notes

James Legge - 1887 - 356 pages
...mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides. 7. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what...was of slight importance has been greatly cared for. The preceding chapter of classical text is in the words of Confucius, handed down by the philosopher...
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