The Wisdom of the Chinese: Their Philosophy in Sayings and Proverbs (Classic Reprint)

We PREFACE Esay, inC hina: ConfuciusI ConfuchisI How great Confucius I Before Confucius there never was aC onfucius. Sin xC onfucius there never has been aC onfucius. How great is ConfuciusI In theW estern world someone has said: Confucius invented wisdom, and when you find sayings of his like this one When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not, to admit the fact, this is knowledge, you are willii to allow him the title. Confucius and his greatest follower Mencius were reformers in the true sense of the word. Their whole aim was to construct personal character, and they demanded that the moral and spiritual nature should be substituted for the might of the strong. No rank was too high, no class too humble, to be taught this universal principle; and with no other personal authority than their own honest conviction, these men went forth to demand of kings and peoples the square acceptance of its claims. 7D.D.t.
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