Chinese Thought An Exposition of the Main Characteristic Features of the Chines
Chinese Thought An Exposition of the Main Characteristic Features of the Chines
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919
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* This is a verbatim translation of the four words wu tao ctiiung i. I2O CHINESE THOUGHT. Further honors were heaped upon Confucius when the emperor P'ing Ti had a temple erected to his memory and raised him to the dignity of a duke, conferring on him the official name, "Duke Ni, the Perfect and Illustrious. " This occurred in the year one of the Christian era. In 739 the Emperor Hsiian Testing canonised him under the title "Prince of Illustrious Learning" and made him the object of veneration ...in the official ceremonies of the government. Twice a year a special day is set aside for the worship of Con- fucius, and it is an established custom that at the imperial college the emperor himself attends the festival in state. Bowing his head six times to the ground, he invokes the spirit of the sage in a kneeling position with these words (quoted in Legge's translation) : "Great art them, O perfect sage! Thy virtue is full ; thy doctrine complete. Among mortal men there has not been thine equal.
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