New China and Old: Personal Recollections and Observations of Thirty YearsSeeley and Company, limited, 1902 - 322 páginas |
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New China and Old: Personal Recollections and Observations of Thirty Years Arthur Evans Moule Vista de fragmentos - 1972 |
New China and Old: Personal Recollections and Observations of Thirty Years Arthur Evans Moule Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 221 - Almighty God with Whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with Whom the souls of the faithful after they are delivered from the burden of their earthly cares, are in joy and felicity...
Página 207 - For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
Página 218 - And where his pleasure no injunction lays, ('Tis your own case) ye never move a wing. All worship is prerogative, and a flower Of his rich crown, from whom lies no appeal At the last hour : Therefore we dare not from his garland steal, To make a posy for inferior power.
Página 215 - I have heard these points : that the three years' mourning, the garment of coarse cloth with its lower edge even, and the eating of congee, were equally...
Página 247 - Do not do to others what you would not have others do to you
Página 215 - If I were to say that the dead have such knowledge, I am afraid that filial sons and dutiful grandsons would injure their substance in paying the last offices to the departed ; and if I were to say that the dead have not such knowledge, I am afraid lest unfilial sons should leave their parents unburied.
Página 286 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Página 225 - Learn then, if you will learn your fortunes, and treasure well these lessons: 1. That heaven rules the earth; 2. That both heaven and earth influence all living beings and that it is in your hands to turn this influence to the best account for your advantage; 3. That the fortunes of the living depend also upon the goodwill and general influence of the dead. As to the first point, the influence which heaven exercises upon the earth, the agencies that come under consideration here...
Página 222 - ... we give Thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased Thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching Thee, that it may please Thee, of Thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of Thine elect, and to hasten Thy kingdom...
Página 219 - Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed. So if you propose to do what is not good, only consider how it will disgrace the names of your father and mother, and you will desist from your purpose.