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Error's chains : $b How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton)

Religion

Error's chains : $b How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

Name: Error's chains : $b How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.
Author: Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton)

Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton)

Idols and images -- Worship; Mythology; Religions

The Master said, “Admirable, indeed, was the virtue of Hwuy! With a
single bamboo dish of rice, a single gourd dish of drink, and living
in his mean, narrow lane, while others could not have endured the
distress, he did not allow his joy to be affected by it. Admirable,
indeed, was the virtue of Hwuy!”

The Master said, “They who know _the truth_ are not equal to those
who love it; and they who love it are not equal to those who find
delight in it.”

The Master was mild, and yet dignified; majestic, and yet not fierce;
respectful, and yet easy.

Tsăng said, “When a bird is about to die, its notes are mournful;
when a man is about to die, his words are good.”

Confucius, in his village, looked simple and sincere, and as if he were
one who was not able to speak.

Tsze-loo asked about government. The Master said, “Go before the people
_with your example_, and be laborious in their affairs.”

The Master said, “The progress of the superior man is upwards; the
progress of the mean man is downwards.”

The Master said, “In ancient times, men learned with a view to their
own improvement. Nowadays, men learn with a view to the approbation of
others.”




                             CHAPTER XXIV.

                    CONFUCIAN TEMPLES AND WORSHIP.

    The Emperor plowing in the Sacred Field,
    What time the New Year comes in solemn state.
                         RICHARD HENRY STODDARD.


Among the prominent objects of worship in China may be specified
Shang-te, who is alone worshiped by the Emperor; the worship of
Confucius; and that of the spirits of deceased ancestors among the
common people. Besides these, there is a host of deities who receive
worship with the host of spirits who are dreaded and who may be
propitiated by worship.

  [Illustration: CHINESE SCHOOL-BOYS.]

The tenets of Confucius have been generally regarded as a system of
religion and have received the name of “Confucianism” among the Western
authors. His precepts form the basis of morals, but in the worship of
Shang-te by the Emperor, who is at the head of the system, he in person
can alone officiate at the most important ceremonies. At the same time
that he worships Shang-te he unites the worship of Confucius with it
on the great altar of heaven in Peking. The homage of Confucius enters
into the daily life of all students. In every school-room there is a
tablet, containing the name of the sage, before which every scholar
makes his bow when he enters the room. A missionary thus describes the
worship paid to him:

  [Illustration: CHINESE JOSS-STICK.]

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Religion

Error's chains : $b How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton)

Idols and images -- Worship; Mythology; Religions

The Master said, “Admirable, indeed, was the virtue of Hwuy! With a
single bamboo dish of rice, a single gourd dish of drink, and living
in his mean, narrow lane, while others could not have endured the
distress, he did not allow his joy to be affected by it. Admirable,
indeed, was the virtue of Hwuy!”

The Master said, “They who know _the truth_ are not equal to those
who love it; and they who love it are not equal to those who find
delight in it.”

The Master was mild, and yet dignified; majestic, and yet not fierce;
respectful, and yet easy.

Tsăng said, “When a bird is about to die, its notes are mournful;
when a man is about to die, his words are good.”

Confucius, in his village, looked simple and sincere, and as if he were
one who was not able to speak.

Tsze-loo asked about government. The Master said, “Go before the people
_with your example_, and be laborious in their affairs.”

The Master said, “The progress of the superior man is upwards; the
progress of the mean man is downwards.”

The Master said, “In ancient times, men learned with a view to their
own improvement. Nowadays, men learn with a view to the approbation of
others.”




                             CHAPTER XXIV.

                    CONFUCIAN TEMPLES AND WORSHIP.

    The Emperor plowing in the Sacred Field,
    What time the New Year comes in solemn state.
                         RICHARD HENRY STODDARD.


Among the prominent objects of worship in China may be specified
Shang-te, who is alone worshiped by the Emperor; the worship of
Confucius; and that of the spirits of deceased ancestors among the
common people. Besides these, there is a host of deities who receive
worship with the host of spirits who are dreaded and who may be
propitiated by worship.

  [Illustration: CHINESE SCHOOL-BOYS.]

The tenets of Confucius have been generally regarded as a system of
religion and have received the name of “Confucianism” among the Western
authors. His precepts form the basis of morals, but in the worship of
Shang-te by the Emperor, who is at the head of the system, he in person
can alone officiate at the most important ceremonies. At the same time
that he worships Shang-te he unites the worship of Confucius with it
on the great altar of heaven in Peking. The homage of Confucius enters
into the daily life of all students. In every school-room there is a
tablet, containing the name of the sage, before which every scholar
makes his bow when he enters the room. A missionary thus describes the
worship paid to him:

  [Illustration: CHINESE JOSS-STICK.]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Error's chains : $b How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

Error's chains : $b How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

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