 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - 1879 - 302 דפים
...foundation on which to establish the will is learning. "At fifteen," said Confucius, " my mind was bent on learning. At thirty I stood firm. At forty...was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. And at seventy I could follow what my heart desired without transgressing what was right." 2 The combination... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - 1883 - 830 דפים
...be afflicted at men's not knowing me ; I will be afflicted that I do not know men." The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty,...without transgressing what was right." The Master said, " The superior man is catholic and no partisan ; the mean man is a partisan and no catholic." The Master... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - 1883 - 832 דפים
...be afflicted at men's not knowing me ; I will be afflicted that I do not know men." The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty,...decrees of Heaven. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organfor the reception of truth. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing... | |
 | 1886 - 564 דפים
...Confucius taught — letters, ethics, devotion of soul and truthfulness. When speaking of himself, he said, "At fifteen I had my mind bent on learning; at thirty I stood firm ; at forty I had no doubt ; at fifty I knew the decrees of Heaven ; at sixty my ear was an obedient organ for the reception... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1906 - 1052 דפים
...He established the Chinese canon by collecting those writings which he WORSHIP OF THE MASTER. 3317 on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I...heart desired, without transgressing what was right." cit. I, vi) : "A youth, when at home, should be filial, and abroad respectful to his elders. He should... | |
 | James Legge - 1887 - 356 דפים
...thirty, I stood firm. 3. " At forty, I had no doubts. 4. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of heaven. 5. " At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. 6. " At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right/' V. 1.... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1890 - 312 דפים
...obedience to which he believed would bring happiness to man. He says of himself: ' At fifteen years, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I bad no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of heaven. At sixty, everything I heard I easily understood.... | |
 | Edwin Munsell Bliss - 1891 - 726 דפים
...humility, he did not hesitate late in life to claim perfection. '' At fifteen," he said, " my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm; at forty,...heart desired without transgressing what was right." Unfortunately his character showed to the least advantage in his old age. Professor Douglass, in speaking... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - 1891 - 298 דפים
...confidence, do or think under all circumstances ; at fifty, he knew the decrees of Heaven ; at sixty, his ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth ; at seventy, he could follow what his heart desired, without transgressing what was right. Truly a desirable state,... | |
 | William Henry Venable - 1892 - 296 דפים
...Analects we find the following curious record of the moral progress of the sage : — " The Master said, At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty,...heart desired without transgressing what was right." With a Carlyle-inspired reverence for heroes, we approach this wise man of the East, to pay him such... | |
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At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty, I stood firm. "At forty, I had no doubts. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired,... 
