The Chinese Classics, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1867 - China |
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... Heaven . Conduct in accordance with that nature constitutes what is right and true , is a pursuing of the proper path . The cultivation or regulation of that path is what is called instruction . ITS SCOPE AND VALUE . 43 ITS SCOPE AND VALUE.
... Heaven . Conduct in accordance with that nature constitutes what is right and true , is a pursuing of the proper path . The cultivation or regulation of that path is what is called instruction . ITS SCOPE AND VALUE . 43 ITS SCOPE AND VALUE.
Page 45
... proper title for the Work again , but in the mean time we must proceed with the analysis of it . - The ten chapters from the 2nd to the 11th constitute the second part , and in them Tsze - sze quotes the words of Confucius , " for the ...
... proper title for the Work again , but in the mean time we must proceed with the analysis of it . - The ten chapters from the 2nd to the 11th constitute the second part , and in them Tsze - sze quotes the words of Confucius , " for the ...
Page 47
... proper to them ; and as soon as they change what is wrong , he stops . When one cultivates to the utmost the moral principles of his nature , and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity , he is not far from the path . What you do ...
... proper to them ; and as soon as they change what is wrong , he stops . When one cultivates to the utmost the moral principles of his nature , and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity , he is not far from the path . What you do ...
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... proper in every change of his situation , always finding his rule in himself ; and that in his practice there is an orderly advance from step to step , —from what is near to what is remote . follow five chapters from Confucius : -the ...
... proper in every change of his situation , always finding his rule in himself ; and that in his practice there is an orderly advance from step to step , —from what is near to what is remote . follow five chapters from Confucius : -the ...
Page 85
... proper place . ” 2 To the Yih - king he devoted much study , and Sze - ma Ts'een says that the leather thongs by which the tablets of his copy were bound together were thrice worn out . " If some years were added to my life , " he said ...
... proper place . ” 2 To the Yih - king he devoted much study , and Sze - ma Ts'een says that the leather thongs by which the tablets of his copy were bound together were thrice worn out . " If some years were added to my life , " he said ...
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Page 50 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 266 - 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 53 - Therefore his fame overspreads the Middle kingdom, and extends to all barbarous tribes. Wherever ships and carriages reach ; wherever the strength of man penetrates; wherever the heavens, overshadow and. the earth sustains ; wherever the sun and moon shine ; wherever frosts and dews fall : — all who have blood and breath unfeignedly honour and love him. Hence it is said, —
Page 44 - While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of Harmony. This Equilibrium is the great root from which grow all the human actings in the world, and this Harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout...
Page 153 - A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P'ang.
Page 141 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 101 - He sacrificed to the dead, as if they were present. He sacrificed to the spirits, as if the spirits were present. 2. The Master said, " I consider my not being present at the sacrifice, as if I did not sacrifice.
Page 125 - Learning without thought is labour lost ; thought without learning is perilous." XVI. The Master said, " The study of strange doctrines is injurious indeed ! " XVII. The Master said, " Yew, shall I teach you what knowledge is ? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; — this is knowledge.
Page 32 - Therefore, the superior man must be watchful over himself when he is alone. 2. There is no evil to which the mean man, dwelling retired, will not proceed, but when 'he sees a superior man he instantly tries to disguise himself, concealing his evil, and displaying what is good. The other beholds him, as if he saw his heart and...
Page 192 - Chung-kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, 'It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family.