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Aschendorff, 1895 - China
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alten Altertums Aufrichtigkeit Ausdruck Aussprüche des Confucius Beamten beiden Bruder Buch Čeu China China's Religionen chines chinesischen Commentatoren Confucius L. J. daher drei Dynastie Edle Erde erfahren erklärt ersten Familie fragte fucius Fürsten fürwahr ganze Geister gewiß giebt groß große gute Sitte hält Harlez heilige Mensch heißt Herrscher Himmel höchsten hohe Humanität Jahre Kaiser Khieu Khung-tsï könnte L. J. VII L. J. XIV Lao-tsï Lao-tsi Kap Lao-tsï's läßt Leben Legge a. a. Lehre lesen Leute lich ließ machen macht Mandschu Mann Meister sprach menschlichen Minister Musik muß Namen Person Pietät rechten Regierung Reich Rudolf Dvořák sagt schließlich Schüler des Confucius Sinne Sohn soll sowie Staat Stelle Strauß a. a. Tao-tek-king Tao's Taoismus Taoisten taoistischen thien-hia thun Tshi tsï Tsi-kung Tsï-lu Tugend übersetzt unserem ursprünglich Vater verhält versteht Volk Weise weiß Welt Wesen wiewohl Wissen wohl Worte wörtlich Yen-yuen Yin und Yang Zeichen
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Page 193 - He who knows the Tao does not care to speak about it ; he who is ever ready to speak about it does not know it. 2. He who knows it will keep his mouth shut and close the portals of his nostrils. He will blunt his sharp points and unravel the complications of things; he will attemper his brightness, and bring himself into agreement with the obscurity of others. This...
Page 167 - Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.
Page 167 - As soon as it proceeds to action, it has a name. When it once has that name, (men) can know to rest in it. When they know to rest in it, they can be free from all risk of failure and error.
Page 162 - All the world says that, while my Tao is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. If it were like any other (system), for long would its smallness have been known! 2. But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others. 3. With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal;...
Page 201 - It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness. 2. When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When the work is done, and one's name is...
Page 104 - Hsien asked what was shameful. The Master said, 'When good government prevails in a state, to be thinking only of salary; and, when bad government prevails, to be thinking, in the same way, only of salary; — this is shameful.
Page 37 - Without the specious speech of the litanist T'o and the beauty of the prince Chao of Sung, it is difficult to escape in the present age.
Page 187 - ... is what is meant by saying that favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared. And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity are to be (similarly) regarded as personal conditions ? What makes me liable to great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself...
Page 168 - We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it ' the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it
Page 161 - ... of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement. 2. Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them. How should the lord of a myriad chariots carry himself lightly before the kingdom? If he do act lightly, he has lost his root (of gravity); if he proceed to active movement, he will lose his throne. S. TS, 'The Quality of Gravity.