 | Criticism - 1849 - 660 pages
...no hierarchy, although the Emperor is Pope ; and their state religion is a mere pageant. Confucius "never taught the duty of man to any higher power...supposed himself commissioned by heaven to restore the doctrine and usages of the ancient kings." Buddhism has spread widely, and Romanism numbers many converts... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 682 pages
...the learned class among their countrymen. The remarks of Confucius upon religious subjects were very few ; he never taught the duty of man to any higher...supposed himself commissioned by heaven to restore the doctrine and usages of the ancient kings. He admitted that he did not understand much about the gods,... | |
 | Sinibaldo de Mas - China - 1858 - 306 pages
...dont nous parlerons en un autre Heu. (2) « The remarks of Confucius upon religions subjects were very few ; he never taught the duty of man to any higher...of the state or family though he supposed himself comissioned by heaven to restore the doctrine and usages of the ancient Kings. He admitted that he... | |
 | Sinibaldo de Mas - China - 1861 - 528 pages
...acception de personne, clic rend a chacun ce qui lui est dû. Le désintéressement conduit à l'étevi; he never taught the duty of man to any higher power...supposed himself commissioned by heaven to restore tbe doctrine and usages of the ancient King?. He admitted thut he did not understand much about the... | |
 | Sinibaldo de Mas - China - 1861
...acception de personne, elle rend a chacun ce qui lui est dû. Le désintéressement conduit à iéfew; he never taught the duty of man to any higher power than the head of the state or family, though he supposee! himself commissioncd by heaven to restore the doctrine and usages of the ancient King?. He... | |
 | Sinibaldo de Mas - China - 1861 - 522 pages
...acception de personne, elle rend à chacun ce qui lui est dû. Le désintéressement conduit à t'élew; he never taught the duty of man to any higher power than the head of the slate or family, though he supposed bimself commissioned by heavcn to restorc the doctrine and usages... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1868 - 402 pages
...front of each of the remaining fifty-eight. Confucius had little to say upon any religious subject. He never taught the duty of man to any higher power than the head of the state, though he believed himself " commissioned" to restore the doctrines and usages of the ancients. According... | |
 | Hudson Tuttle - God - 1869 - 294 pages
...teacher in any sense of the word. Although he believed himself commissioned to restore a better state, he never taught the duty of man to any higher power than the head of a family or state. He said he did not comprehend the mysterious ways of the gods, and that the duty... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1882 - 444 pages
...holy man, and to invoke him as a patron. The remarks of Confucius upon religious subjects were very few; he never taught the duty of man to any higher...the doctrines and usages of the ancient kings. He admitted that he did not understand much about the gods, that they were beyond and above the comprehension... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania. Department of Archaeology and Paleontology - Charms - 1892 - 188 pages
...received according to his explanations. " The remarks of Confucius upon religious subjects were very few ; he never taught the duty of man to any higher...the doctrines and usages of the ancient kings. He admitted that he did not understand much about the gods ; that they were above and beyond the comprehension... | |
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He admitted that he did not understand much about the gods, that they were beyond and above the comprehension of man, and that the obligations of man lay rather in doing his duty to his relatives and society than in worshipping spirits unknown. 
