 | James Legge - China - 1861 - 536 pages
...the cessation of this life on earth there was a cessation also of all conscious being. But Confucius never spoke explicitly on this subject. He tried to...disciple added, 'I venture to ask about death,' and he was answered, ' While you do not know life, how can you know about death.'"7 Still more striking... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1893 - 528 pages
...He tried to evade it. ' Chi Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead, and the master Baid, " While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve...disciple added, " I venture to ask about death," and he was answered, " While you do not know life, how can you know about death3."' Still more striking... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1861 - 630 pages
...; it belongs to you, 0 disciples." CHAPTER XI. Ke Loo asked about serving the spirits of the dead, The Master said, "While you are not able to serve men, how caa you serve their spirits?" Ke Loo added, "I venture to ask about death?" He was answered, "While... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...the cessation of this life on earth there was a cessation also of all conscious being. But Confucius never spoke explicitly on this subject. He tried to...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 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 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,... | |
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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? 
