The Chinese Classics Volume 2 download book
The Chinese Classics Volume 2 download book

The Chinese Classics Volume 2 by Confucius
The Chinese Classics Volume 2
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Author: Confucius
Page Count: 168 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781235989971
File size: 41 Mb
File Name: The.Chinese.Classics.Volume.2.pdf
Download Link: The Chinese Classics Volume 2
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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. 1861 Excerpt: ...parents are alive, they should be served according to propriety; when they are dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and they should be sacrificed to according to propriety: --this may be called filial piety.' The ceremonies to be observed by the princes I have not learned, but I have heard these points: --that the three years' mourning, the garment of coarse cloth with its lower edge even, and the eating of congee, were equally prescribed byhree dynasties, and binding on all, from the emperor to the mass of the people." 3. Yen Yew reported the execution of his commission, and the prince determined that the three years' mourning should be observed. His aged relatives, and the body of the officers, did not wish that it should be so, and said, "The former princes of Loo, that kingdom which we honour, have, none of them, observed this practice, neither have any of our own former princes observed it. For you to act contrary to their example is not proper. Moreover, the History says, --' In the observances of mourning and sacrifice, ancestors are to be followed, ' meaning that they received those things from a proper source to hand them down" 4. The prince mid again to Yen Yew, "Hitherto, I have not given myself to the pursuit of learning, but have found my pleasure in horsemanship and sword-exercise, and now I don't come up to the wishes of my aged relatives and the officers. I am afraid I may not be able to discharge my duty in the great business that I have HtJ' 'retun, e "IC commission, ' i.e., reported his execution of it and the reply. must be understood as the subject of yjj?. 'his fathers and brethren, ' i.e., Ilia uncles and elderly ministers of the ducal family. The phrase is commonly applied by Chinese to the elders of ...

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