 Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakngs. By all these...  A String of Chinese Peach-stones - עמוד 153מאת William Arthur Cornaby - 1895 - 479 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | James Legge - 1861 - 646 דפים
...movcablc frame, u% THE WORKS OF MENCIUS. V /I ^ ^ J* s£- >Cl>* » m m» m & ft m &w mw\ 2. "Thus, Avhen Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man,...stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his in competencies. 3. " Men for the most part err, and are afterwards able to reform. They are distressed... | |
 | James Legge - 1861 - 646 דפים
...effects of calamity and difficulties. He says: — "When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and...to extreme poverty ; it confounds his undertakings. Bv all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies."1... | |
 | James Legge - 1875 - 420 דפים
...Pih-le He from the market-place. ^2. " Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any one, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his...body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; and it confounds his undertakings. In all these ways it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature,... | |
 | James Legge - 1875 - 422 דפים
...Pih-le He from the market-place. 2. " Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any one, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his...body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; and it confounds his undertakings. In all these ways it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature,... | |
 | 1885 - 672 דפים
...satoru.' Are translated as follows : " Then, when heaven is about to confer a great office on any one, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil ; it exposes Lis body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty; and it confounds his undertakings. In all... | |
 | 1888 - 924 דפים
..."Though a man may be wicked, yet, if ho adjust his thoughts, fast, and bathe, ho may sacrifice to God." " When Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exorcises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger,... | |
 | James Legge - 1895 - 444 דפים
...effects of calamity and difficulties. He says: — 'When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and...stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies2.' Such have been the effects of Heaven's exercising some men with calamities ; but... | |
 | James Legge - 1895 - 608 דפים
...moveeble frame, in which the walla are feiined. 446 PT. II. CH. XV.] THE WORKS OF MENCIUS. 2. ' Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any...exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and hones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his... | |
 | 1899 - 896 דפים
...generals whose characters were established by repeated contact with danger and difficulty : " Thus when heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his miud with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects... | |
 | Zhidong Zhang - 1900 - 170 דפים
...and Generals whose characters were established by repeated contact with danger and difficulty: " Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any...his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates hismind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies." A man born of sorrow and adversity is... | |
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