Chinese Literature Read Before the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society S
Chinese Literature Read Before the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society S
F Huberty James
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It is a typical Con- fucian book, wise, practical, simple. One can only regret that with such a concise guide to virtue and peace, the empire, the family and the individual, have not yet attained the ideal state. A sage says : " Human nature takes a lot of hammering to get it into shape. " // does. 14 C1ILVESE LITERATURE. 2. The second of the " Four Books" is "The Doctrine of the Golden Mean, " by Tsz Sz, the grandson of CONFUCIUS. It deals with the ruling" motives of human conduct, and eulogis...es the princely or ideal man who avoids all extremes and keeps steadfastly to the ancient pathway of immaculate propriety. In terse, forceful sentences it inculcates sincerity, diligent study, self-control, and though the ideal man is said to exemplify all these virtues, he does so, not by the power of superior natural endowments, but by incessant self-culture and watchfulness for " the ideal man is watchful over himself when he is alone. " Very few of the " Sacred Books of the East" contain so much wisdom in so small a space.
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