Sketches of Confucius

Excerpt from Sketches of Confucius: With Illustrations And sundry conducts. Therefore he said to the Philosopher Tseng saying, The'sage monarchs of old had an important means as well as ideal acqmrement by which they smoothed the feelings of the people in the empire, who were then in perfect harmony without dis afiection between the superior and inferior. Do you know what that means or acquirement is? Tseng rose from his seat and replied, Being devoid of talents, how could I know it Then Confucius told him of the different kinds of filial piety proper for monarchs, princes, ożicials, scholars, and the common people. Besides, he made the meanings of what he said more explicit by using words in a negative sense. He said, From the monarch down to the common people there is'no time prescribed as to the beginning and end for be ing filial. Therefore there have never been cases in which a man is afraid of being out of time for doing his duty.>f-irii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.