 | England - 1866 - 848 pages
...'Great Learning' (text iv.) Confucius expresses the convictions of almost every Chinaman when he says, "The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulate their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...followed by the attainment of the desired end. 3. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is...lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. second of the two brothers, to whom reference is made in the prolegomena. But how can we say that "... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1867 - 444 pages
...beginning. To know -what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...throughout the empire, first ordered well their own States. AVishing to order well their States, they first regulated their families. AVishing to regulate their... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1867 - 444 pages
...Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To knowwhat is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the empire, first ordered well... | |
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...followed by the attainment of the desired end. 3. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is...lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. second of the two brothers, to whom reference ia made in the prolegomena. But how can we say that "The... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1875 - 364 pages
...followed by the attainment of the desired end. 3. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is...lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. second of the two brothers, to whom reference is made in the prolegomena. But how can we say that "... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1877 - 704 pages
...Him " who spake as man never spake." But the sage, I fancy, was not far off the truth when he said, " To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning." Oh, that... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - Mythology - 1880 - 980 pages
...to illustrate illustrious virtue ; to renovate the people ; and to rest in the highest excellence. The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...well their own states Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated... | |
 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - China - 1882 - 518 pages
...system which is thus epitomised in the " Great Learning," by Tsang, one of Confucius's disciples : — " The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...well their own states. Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated tneir families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated... | |
 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - China - 1882 - 438 pages
...system which is thus epitomised in the " Great Learning," by Tsang, one of Confucius's disciples : — " The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...well their own states. Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated tneir families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated... | |
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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. 
