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... tablets , and the way was thrown wide open for the bringing in of Books . In the time of the emperor Heaou - woo ( B.c. 139-86 ) , portions of Books being wanting and tablets lost , so that ceremonies and music were suffering great 23 ...
... tablets , and the way was thrown wide open for the bringing in of Books . In the time of the emperor Heaou - woo ( B.c. 139-86 ) , portions of Books being wanting and tablets lost , so that ceremonies and music were suffering great 23 ...
Page xx
... tablets - we cannot here speak of manuscripts — were mutilated and in disorder . Was the injury which they had received of such an extent that all the care and study put forth on the small remains would be of little use ? This question ...
... tablets - we cannot here speak of manuscripts — were mutilated and in disorder . Was the injury which they had received of such an extent that all the care and study put forth on the small remains would be of little use ? This question ...
Page xxxi
... tablets , but complete , and arranged in Books or Sections , as we now have it . The old Lun was found deposited in the wall of the house which Confucius had occupied , and must have been placed there not later than B.C. 211 , distant ...
... tablets , but complete , and arranged in Books or Sections , as we now have it . The old Lun was found deposited in the wall of the house which Confucius had occupied , and must have been placed there not later than B.C. 211 , distant ...
Page xxxvi
... tablets of the " old copies " of the rest of The Great Learning were considerably out of order . By those old copies , he intends the Work of Ch'ing Heuen , who published his com- mentary on the Classic , soon after it was completed by ...
... tablets of the " old copies " of the rest of The Great Learning were considerably out of order . By those old copies , he intends the Work of Ch'ing Heuen , who published his com- mentary on the Classic , soon after it was completed by ...
Page xxxvii
... tablets of Shen.3 They were in exact conformity with the text of the Classics adopted by Ch'ing Heuen in his commentaries . The Sung dynasty did not accomplish a similar work itself , nor has any one of the three which have followed it ...
... tablets of Shen.3 They were in exact conformity with the text of the Classics adopted by Ch'ing Heuen in his commentaries . The Sung dynasty did not accomplish a similar work itself , nor has any one of the three which have followed it ...
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Page lxv - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page cxxiv - 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 222 - States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.
Page 128 - If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.
Page lix - 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. 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. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout...
Page 58 - Now the man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others. 3. 'To be able to judge of others by what is nigh in ourselves; — this may be called the art of virtue.
Page 221 - States. Wishing to order well their States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts.
Page lxviii - Therefore his fame overspreads the Middle kingdom, and extends to all barbarous tribes. Wherever ships and carriages reach; wherever the strength of man penetrates; wherever the heavens overshadow and the earth sustains ; wherever the sun and moon shine ; wherever frosts and dews fall : — all who have blood and breath unfeignedly honour and love him. Hence it is said, — "He is the equal of Heaven.
Page lxii - 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 115 - Chung-kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest ; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice ; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself ; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family.