The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, with a Translation. Vol. 1. to Which Is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Chinese Languauge and Cha Cover of The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, with a Translation. Vol. 1. to Which Is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Chinese Languauge and Cha

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The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, with a Translation. Vol. 1. to Which Is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Chinese Languauge and Cha

Name: The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, with a Translation. Vol. 1. to Which Is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Chinese Languauge and Cha
ISBN: 9781236412522

by Confucius

Published: 2012
Publisher: RareBooksClub.com
Language: eng
Pages: 80

About this book

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ...4 5 6 Chee says, I have not yet seen a great mind. 8 9 1» 11 It 13 Some one replying, said, Sun-chhung. Chee 14 15 ( 'ir says, Chhung indeed! Pie is a slave to his desires 18 19 M How does he possess an enlarged mind? COMMENT. Kong, denotes a mind wise and upright, not crooked and perverse; equal to the most difficult undertaking: The sage, therefore,said he had not yet seen a man like this. Sun-choong was one of his disciples, whose paternal name was Yook: he was a man of low, yet strong desires, and a man of this description could not be termed an able man. Chung-chee says, A man who restrains not his desires can never possess a great mind. A great mind will not be warped by base desires. Chea-sce says, Greatness of mind and corrupt desires are contrary to each other: he who is able to resist allurements to evil, is termed a person of great mind, because he aspires to those things which are of superior excellence. lie who is absorbed in evil and narrow desires is termed base, because his mind is constantly tending toward things inferior in their nature. Few are now found who possess the courage to aspire after superior excellence in nature, but multitudes of another description: the sage therefore said he had not yet seen such a person. REMARKS ON THE CHARACTER. 6. Kong, strong, able; courageous, superior, noble. The key is tou, a knife, to cut; the character on the right that on the left is kong, a barren rode. 1 S 3 4 5 6 T9 Chee-koongsays, (As) I do not desire men to iri 10 11 IS 14 16 15 17 18 19 jure me, I also by no means desire to injure men. fO SI n J5 24 £9 Chee replies, Chhee, thou art unable to realize this. COMMENT. Chee-koong says, Thatwhich I wish for men to do to me; namely, to abstain from injuring me, I also wish to do to them. ...