A General View of Chinese Civilization And of the Relations of the West With Chi
A General View of Chinese Civilization And of the Relations of the West With Chi
Pierre Laffitte
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The loftiness of the station of imperial power, had notwith- standing the bounds naturally placed on it by opinion and the corpora- tion of the literati, a strong tendency to unsettle, at the end of a certain time, the understanding and the morality of the natures not sufficiently eminent upon whom the supreme function of state oc- casionally devolved. Hence, internal disturbances were the result of dynastic changes that had become necessary. Now such changes are no light matter. The problem is..., in fact, to replace the fundamental organ ; that which maintains the unity of the whole of the population, and is most intimately bound up with all their ways. Such changes are therefore attended by rude shocks ; but these shocks in no way alter the fundamental character of the civilization. It is a matter of eliminating an organ which has fulfilled its function in the social structure. An 42 THE TWO PERIODS. analogous process normally takes place in individual organisms, with the accompaniment of a pathological disturbance which soon passes away.
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