 | James Legge - China - 1893 - 532 pages
...announced. CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, ' To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...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 - 1893 - 532 pages
...announced. CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, ' To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...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... | |
 | Adele Marion Fielde - China - 1894 - 354 pages
...creed which was not practical. He said, "• To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to man, and while respecting spiritual beings to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." One of the foremost of his disciples once asked him about the service of the spirits of the dead, and... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Religion - 1895 - 512 pages
...man and man, to propriety and etiquette, and to ceremony and usage. He said that " To give one's self to the duties due to men and while respecting spiritual...beings to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom. " 5 We think that Confucius cut the tap-root of all true progress, and therefore is largely responsible... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Religion - 1895 - 494 pages
...etiquette, and to ceremony and usage. He said : that " To give one's self to the duties due to men and i while respecting spiritual beings to keep aloof from ' them, may be called wisdom. " 5 We think that Confucius cut the tap-root of all time i progress, and therefore is largely responsible... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 536 pages
...complete virtue." — Fan-che asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said : "To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...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]... | |
 | William Joseph Flagg - Soul - 1898 - 396 pages
...the next life when I cannot explain this," also said: "To give one's self to the duties due to man, and while respecting spiritual beings to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom," and again: " Honor the gods and keep them far from you." (6.) The Phallicism found in Shinto belongs... | |
 | Samuel Henry Kellogg - Christianity and other religions - 1899 - 198 pages
...further, and enter his voice against the recognition of such duties. Said he : " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." 2 The views of Laou Tzse it is difficult to set forth with exactness. His works are said by Chinese... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - Free thought - 1899 - 472 pages
...above all things a moralist; and concerning the spirits in general he taught that "To give one's self to the duties due to men, and while respecting spiritual...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom ".' He would never express an opinion concerning the fate of souls," or encourage prayer ; 5 and in... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...complete virtue." — Fan-che asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said : " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...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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To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.' CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly... 
