 | James Legge - China - 1861 - 536 pages
...his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on ?" CHAPTER XIX. The Master said, " I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge...fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there." CHAPTER XX. The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were — extraordinary things, feats of... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1893 - 528 pages
...enunciation of 'the golden rule.' CH. III.] CONFUCIAN ANALECTS. BOOK VJI. SHU It CHAPTER I. The Master said, 'A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving...ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P'S,ng.' CHAP. II. The Master said, ' The silent treasuring up of knowledge ; learning without satiety... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1861 - 630 pages
...not perceive that old age is coming on ?" CHAPTER XIX. The Master said, "I am not one who was born fl the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of antiquity, ind earnest in seeking it there." CHAPTER XX. The subjects on which the Master did not talk, rere —... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1867 - 444 pages
...midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness, are to me as a floating cloud." " I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge...fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. " When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...duke. Its name is still preserved in a district of the department of Nan-yuug, in the south of Ho-nan. the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there." XX. The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were, — prodigious things, feats of strength,... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Mythology - 1867 - 468 pages
...past. He calls himself a transmitter, not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients (p. 59). ' I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge,' he says, ' I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there' (p. 65). The most frequent... | |
 | John Livingston Nevius - China - 1869 - 486 pages
...and not being able to change what is not good — these are the things which occasion me solicitude. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge...not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients." As is frankly stated by himself, he was not the originator of any new doctrine or system of doctrines,... | |
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...duke. Its name is still preserved in a district of the department of Nan-yung, in the south of Ho-nan. the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there." XX. The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were, — prodigious things, feats of strength,... | |
 | English literature - 1869 - 622 pages
...professed to teach the doctrines of former days. ' I am not one,' he said, ' who was born in pos' session of knowledge. I am one who is fond of Antiquity. ' and earnest in seeking it there.' On his mother's death he went to Loo, and there continued to instruct youth. He gave much attention... | |
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1870 - 398 pages
...forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on ? " XIX. The Master said, " I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge...fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there." XX. The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were — extraordinary things, feats of strength,... | |
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I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. 
