...subject which is well worth perusal. 6. — The sffUfc Shun-jiv, the only work written by Confucius is a "Congeries of the briefest possible intimations of matters in which the Court and State of Loo, [the principality to which the Sage belonged] were more or less concerned, extending over 242 years,...

..." We experienced, says Dr. Legge (ibid), an intense feeling of disappointment. Instead of a history of events woven artistically together, we find a congeries...intimations of matters in which the Court and State of Ln were more or less concerned, extending over 242 years, without the slightest tincture of literary...

...entire contents afford barely an hour's reading. " Instead of a history of events," writes Dr. Legge, " woven artistically together, we find a congeries of...intimations of matters in which the court and State of Lu were more or less concerned, extending over two hundred and forty-two years, without the slightest...

...me." The work is a table of events, from five to eight per annum, chronicled in about as many words. " We find a congeries of the briefest possible intimations...of matters in which the court and State of Loo were concerned, without the slightest tincture of literary ability in the composition. Whether the fact...

..." We experienced, says Dr. Legge (ibid), an intense feeling of disappointment. Instead of a history of events woven artistically together, we find a congeries...intimations of matters in which the Court and State of Lu were more or less concerned, extending over 242 years, without the slightest ings of the characters...

...history of events artistically woven together, we find a congeries of the briefest possible intimation of matters in which the Court and State of Loo were...concerned, extending over 242 years, without the slightest indication of judicial opinion on the part of the writer." The "Four Books," ie the Mang-tsze; the...

...indignantly remarks, "Instead of a history of events woven artistically together we find a congerie of the briefest possible intimations of matters in...court and state of Loo were more or less concerned." The entire work is made up entirely of facts such as the following: "Chin [the state] put to death...

...translator from the Chinese, James Legge observes in the Chinese Classics that Instead of a history of events, woven artistically together, we find a congeries of the briefest possible intimations of matter in which the court and State of Lu were more or less concerned extending over 242 years, without...