Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Volume 20Asiatic Society of Japan, 1892 - Japan |
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... become manifest through forms and outlines of physical nature . " 17 17 " Feng - shui , " pp . 5–9 . , See " Ki , Ri and Ten " below . Also my " Comment " below for a further exposition , differing somewhat from Eitel's . ITS JAPANESE ...
... become manifest through forms and outlines of physical nature . " 17 17 " Feng - shui , " pp . 5–9 . , See " Ki , Ri and Ten " below . Also my " Comment " below for a further exposition , differing somewhat from Eitel's . ITS JAPANESE ...
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... becomes known and ceases to be when it passes out of our knowledge . But he also teaches a cosmo- logical idealism , as he asserts that there is this all important innate knowledge , the best endowment of man , in every- thing , in ...
... becomes known and ceases to be when it passes out of our knowledge . But he also teaches a cosmo- logical idealism , as he asserts that there is this all important innate knowledge , the best endowment of man , in every- thing , in ...
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... become a priest is to be abhorred . It comes from the false doctrine of " three worlds . " Shaka forsook his kingdom and became a hermit . He did not know fully the truth . To the Confucianist such asceticism is the act of 41 P. 50 ...
... become a priest is to be abhorred . It comes from the false doctrine of " three worlds . " Shaka forsook his kingdom and became a hermit . He did not know fully the truth . To the Confucianist such asceticism is the act of 41 P. 50 ...
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... becoming blemishes in English . All that sets forth the philosophy and religion , the ethics and politics both theoretical and applied , with copious historical illustrations , have been translated . Perhaps half of the text is ...
... becoming blemishes in English . All that sets forth the philosophy and religion , the ethics and politics both theoretical and applied , with copious historical illustrations , have been translated . Perhaps half of the text is ...
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... becomes " is not " 19 and truth is made falsehood . Only as that which " is not " becomes that which " is " can we make that which " is " into that which " is not . " Only as we turn lies into truth can we turn truth into lies . Though ...
... becomes " is not " 19 and truth is made falsehood . Only as that which " is not " becomes that which " is " can we make that which " is " into that which " is not . " Only as we turn lies into truth can we turn truth into lies . Though ...
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Page 65 - Is it excessive?' said he. 3. 'If I am not to mourn bitterly for this man, for whom should I mourn?' CHAP. X. 1. When Yen Yuan died, the disciples wished to give him a great funeral, and the Master said, 'You may not do so.
Page 46 - It is exceedingly great and exceedingly strong. Being nourished by rectitude, and sustaining no injury, it fills up all between heaven and earth.
Page 1 - Buddhism introduced art, introduced medicine, moulded the folk-lore of the country, created its dramatic poetry, deeply influenced politics and every sphere of social and intellectual activity. In a word, Buddhism was the teacher under whose instruction the Japanese nation grew up.
Page 44 - 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 14 - Its essence is to perceive that as our bodies are derived from our parents and are yet one with them, so are their bodies derived from the spirit of heaven and earth, and the spirit of heaven and earth is the offspring of the spirit of the universe; thus my body is one with the universe and the gods. Clearly perceiving this truth and acting in accordance with it is obedience to the 'Way.
Page 130 - There is such a thing as trade. See that you know nothing of it. In trade the profit should always be on the other side. It differs from 'go' in that if we win there is no peace in the victory." But now, men greatly rejoice if they make a profit by exchange. To be proud of buying high priced articles cheap is the good fortune of merchants, but should be unknown to samurai. Let it not be even so much as mentioned. I remember the remarks of Arai Chikugo no Kami some years ago:—Call no man stingy....
Page 4 - Sung" until 1277). During the reigns of Chin-tsung and of his son Tin-tsung "a violent controversy arose among the literati and officials as to the best mode of conducting the government. Some of them, as Sz'ma Kwang the historian, contended for the maintenance of the old principles of the sages. Others, of whom Wang Ngan-shi was the distinguished leader, advocated reform and change to the entire overthrow of existing institutions. For the first time in the history of China two political parties...
Page 42 - A child often will be brave enough as others encourage it before the moxa is applied, and yet burst into tears when it feels the heat. My child is so young that I cannot be at peace until I hear that he has done the deed with bravery.
Page 40 - O MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 12 - He also pronounced the doctrine that knowledge is the beginning of action and action is the completion of knowledge— that they are one.