A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1886
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Credit: A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONFUCIAN TEMPLE : ^ 1^. To be found in every Prefecture, sub-Prefecture, District, and market-town throughout ^the empire. In it stand tablets of th^^^, his four evangelists H @E, twelve apostles —‘ and other disciples, besides numerous famous literary men of all ages who have contributed to a better understanding of the Confucian doctrines. CONFUCIUS: ^ung tbe Master. Tbe Jesuit missionaries took tbe Cbinese sounds of these three characters—Kung fu tzii—and Latinized them into their present form. The great ethical, not religious, teacher of China. Flourished B.C. 551-479. [For specimens of his writings and sayings, see Spring and Autumn and Analectsi] Like many other of the world’s prophets, he was neglected in life to be honoured after death. Hereditary rank was bestowed by the Emperor Kao Tsu of the Han dynasty (B.C. 200) upon his senior descendant, and the family still continues to enjoy many privileges and immunities to this day. Confucius was placed by Comte in the second rank of teachers; but his name was wholly omitted from G. A. Sala’s list of the Hundred Greatest Men, published a few years ago. The following quaint description of a man who for centuries has influenced hundreds of millions, is given in ch. x of the Analects, which makes it in-' cumbent upon us to accept its details as exact: “ Confucius, in his village home, looked simple and sincere, as though he had nothing to say for himself. But when in the ancestral temple or at Court, he spoke minutely, though cautiously. He did not use deep purple or puce colour in the trimmings of his dress. He required his sleeping-dress to be half as long again as his body.
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