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... thousand years . Shinto effected no modification . And the Japanese produced no scholar who could do more than repeat what he had been taught . Yet this philosophy in thus permeating the nation's life could not fail to be modified . It ...
... thousand years . Shinto effected no modification . And the Japanese produced no scholar who could do more than repeat what he had been taught . Yet this philosophy in thus permeating the nation's life could not fail to be modified . It ...
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... thousand years the Chinese ethics knew no quarrel with the religion of the Buddha , so even after the educated men in Japan had given up Buddhism it still re- tained its full power over the lower classes and could incorporate the ...
... thousand years the Chinese ethics knew no quarrel with the religion of the Buddha , so even after the educated men in Japan had given up Buddhism it still re- tained its full power over the lower classes and could incorporate the ...
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... thousand years and that it will not listen to attacks upon them . But Shushi is modern and some in the age of the Min attacked him , so they feel at liberty to revile him . " They act according to the man " and not from established ...
... thousand years and that it will not listen to attacks upon them . But Shushi is modern and some in the age of the Min attacked him , so they feel at liberty to revile him . " They act according to the man " and not from established ...
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... thousand miles and still more is his neighborhood reformed . And if an evil word is spoken a thousand miles are changed , and still more 56 Analects XV ; 4 . 57 Book of Changes , Appendix 1 Sec . , I , I , 5. Doctrine of the Mean , Chap ...
... thousand miles and still more is his neighborhood reformed . And if an evil word is spoken a thousand miles are changed , and still more 56 Analects XV ; 4 . 57 Book of Changes , Appendix 1 Sec . , I , I , 5. Doctrine of the Mean , Chap ...
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... thousand miles . " Both when real go everywhere . 61 59 Book of Changes , Appendix III : Sec . I : Chap . VIII , 42 . 60 續文章軌範卷三放膽文 + 六枚 Zoku - Bun - Sho - Ki - Han- Ken - no - San . Ho - Tan - Bun - 16 - Mai . 61 Mencius ...
... thousand miles . " Both when real go everywhere . 61 59 Book of Changes , Appendix III : Sec . I : Chap . VIII , 42 . 60 續文章軌範卷三放膽文 + 六枚 Zoku - Bun - Sho - Ki - Han- Ken - no - San . Ho - Tan - Bun - 16 - Mai . 61 Mencius ...
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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.