...'Great Learning' (text iv.) Confucius expresses the convictions of almost every Chinaman when he says, "The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulate their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing...

...followed by the attainment of the desired end. 3. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is...lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. second of the two brothers, to whom reference is made in the prolegomena. But how can we say that "...

...beginning. To know -what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...throughout the empire, first ordered well their own States. AVishing to order well their States, they first regulated their families. AVishing to regulate their...

...Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To knowwhat is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the empire, first ordered well...

...followed by the attainment of the desired end. 3. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is...lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. second of the two brothers, to whom reference ia made in the prolegomena. But how can we say that "The...

...followed by the attainment of the desired end. 3. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is...lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. second of the two brothers, to whom reference is made in the prolegomena. But how can we say that "...

...Him " who spake as man never spake." But the sage, I fancy, was not far off the truth when he said, " To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning. Things have their root and their completion. Affairs have their end and their beginning." Oh, that...

...to illustrate illustrious virtue ; to renovate the people ; and to rest in the highest excellence. The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...well their own states Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated...

...system which is thus epitomised in the " Great Learning," by Tsang, one of Confucius's disciples : — " The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...well their own states. Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated tneir families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated...

...system which is thus epitomised in the " Great Learning," by Tsang, one of Confucius's disciples : — " The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious...well their own states. Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated tneir families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated...