| James Legge - China - 1861 - 630 pages
...as to what constituted wisdom. " To give one's-self earnestly," said he, " to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom."10 At any rate, as by his frequent references to Heaven, instead of following the phraseology... | |
| 1862 - 970 pages
...question — What constitutes wisdom ? ho said, " To give one's-self earnestly to the duty due to men, and while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." Thus, a species of secularism is the only religion which his writings inculcate. They do not even contain... | |
| Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1867 - 444 pages
...what constituted wisdom. The Master said, " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, " The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome... | |
| James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...what constituted wisdom. The Master said, " To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked ancestral temple. I have coined the word litanist, to come as near to the meaning as possible.... | |
| James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...as to what constituted wisdom. " To give one's-self earnestly/' said he, " to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom. " 1 At any rate, as by his frequent references to Heaven, instead of following the phraseology of the... | |
| Baptists - 1869 - 498 pages
...asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, " To give one's self earnestly to the duties of men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." It is important to ask whether Confucius, in his whole career, improved upon the light of preceding... | |
| Ssǔ shu - China - 1870 - 398 pages
...what constituted wisdom. The Master said, " To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome... | |
| Edward Burnett Tylor - Animism - 1871 - 510 pages
...expressed his theory of worship in this maxim, " to give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." It is said that in our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ; they have forbidden... | |
| Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 408 pages
...The Master said : " It is to know all men. "To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said : "The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome... | |
| Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 416 pages
...The Master said : " It is to know all men. " To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said : "The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome... | |
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