 | James Legge - 1861 - 646 דפים
...empire's beiii"- <*ot possession of by one without benevolence-." CiiAi'TKU XlV". 1. 31 en ci us said, " The people are the most important element in a nation...Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become emconsort with and confide in the virtuous nnd , place of the spirit or spirits of the ground, and... | |
 | James Legge - 1861 - 646 דפים
...whole empire's being got possession of by one without benevolence." CHAPTER Xl\r. 1. Mencius said, " The people are the most important element in a nation...grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest. 2. "Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become emconsort with and confide in the virtuous... | |
 | 1866 - 812 דפים
...fulfils that office. So far from his being of necessity pater atgue prineeps, Mencius boldly says : "The people are the most important element in a nation ; the spirits of the land or grain are the next; the sovereign is the least." Elsewhere he quotes approvingly the words of the... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1868 - 466 דפים
...fulfils that office. So far from his being of necessity pater atque princeps, Mencius boldly says : * " The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land or grain are the next ; the sovereign is the least." Elsewhere he quotes approvingly * Book IL part... | |
 | Ssǔ shu - 1870 - 392 דפים
...their various business, there will not be wealth sufficient for the expenditure." XIV. 1. Mencius said, "The people are the most important element in a nation...grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest. 2. " Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become emperor ; to gain the emperor is the way... | |
 | Justus Doolittle - 1872 - 708 דפים
...will not be walked in even by his wife and children. (M.) i% % ft j||, /f, fö ;fâ ' 98. The jieoplo are the most important element in a nation ; the spirits...grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest. (M.) Д П Й> It Ш # ¿, ;g $ $£• 99. The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried... | |
 | Edith Jemima Simcox - 1894 - 576 דפים
...abandon his service. In the same spirit Mencius maintains : " The people are the most important element ; the spirits of the land and grain are the next ; the...to gain the peasantry is the way to become emperor. . . . When a prince endangers the altars of the spirits of the land and grain, he is changed, and another... | |
 | Andrew Martin Fairbairn - 1894 - 300 דפים
...the most important element [in a country']; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the ruler is the lightest. " Therefore, to gain the peasantry is the way to become the son of Heaven ; to gain the son of Heaven is the way to become the prince of a state ; to gain... | |
 | James Legge - 1895 - 608 דפים
...been no instance of the throne's being got by one without benevolence.' CHAP. XIV. i. Mencius said, ' The people are the most important element in a nation;...grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest. 2. ' Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become sovereign ; flded to;' perhaps rather ' confided... | |
 | James Legge - 1895 - 444 דפים
...been no instance of the throne's being got by one without benevolence.' CHAP. XIV. i. Mencius said, 'The people are the most important element in a nation;...grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest. 2. 'Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become sovereign ; fided to;' perhaps rather 'confided... | |
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The people are the most important element in a nation ; the spirits of the land and grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest. 
