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A literary wit put a characteristic epigram into the mouths of three well-known personages in our history: to Nobunaga he attributed, "I will kill her, if the nightingale sings not in time;" to Hidéyoshi, "I will force her to sing for me;" and to Iyéyasu, "I will wait till she opens her lips." Patience and long suffering were also highly commended by Mencius.
"I cannot believe that," and Malcolm smiled; "but I grant you that the best and highest natures have some-thing of the child in them. As Mencius says, 'The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart." Miss Jacobi looked impressed. "That is well said," she replied softly. "Mr. Herrick, I think your friend Mr.
Chow had lost that; and therefore it was within the rights of Heaven, as you may say, to place its mandate elsewhere; and within the rights of the subject as the logic of events so clearly proved Chow had lost the mandate to rebel. Confucius had hoped to revivify Chow had begun with that hope, at any rate: Mencius hoped to raise up some efficient sovereign who should overturn Chow.
He who does this faces misfortune and even death unmoved." "The virtuous king," said Mencius, "is glad to have a large extent of territory and a numerous people to rule over; but his heart is not on these things. To be at the head of a great kingdom and to see his people loyal, united, and flourishing, gives the good king joy; but his heart is not on these things.
But such is fame, at least in America, where erudition is not appreciated as it is in "pagan" China. Spring and Autumn Annals. Great Learning. Confucian Analects. Doctrine of the Mean. Works of Mencius. At an assembly-room in New York I met a famous American political "boss." Many governors in China do not have the same power and influence.
There are four more books, which, with the five named, make up the "Nine Classics." These were written by the pupils and disciples of Confucius, the most important being the Mang tsze, or "Works of Mencius."
"Chi-tzu said in bygone days 'that when one descends into the arena where gain and emoluments are to be got, and enters the world of planning and plotting, one makes light of the injunctions of Yao and Shun, and disregards the principles inculcated by Confucius and Mencius." "What about the next line?" Pao-ch'ai insinuated with a significant smile.
Perverse discourses and oppressive deeds had grown rife; ministers murdered their rulers and sons their fathers. Confucius was frightened at what he saw, and undertook the work of reformation." Mencius Men were expecting an avatar in old Judaea; and, sure enough, one came.
If an advocate of constitutional monarchy is capable of doing such unlawful acts, we may easily imagine what sort of a constitutional monarchy he advocates; and we may also easily imagine what the fate of his constitutional monarchy will be. Mencius says, "Am I argumentative? I cannot help it."
Even so, when a man becomes prone to what is evil it is because his Heaven-implanted nature has been diverted from its true bent." "The people," said Mencius, "are first in importance; next come the gods. The kings are last and least." Mencius said, "Every man's lot is fixed for him, and it is a proof of wisdom to accept it uncomplainingly.
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