[6] Compare Emerson: “The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet of that which must be, is that great Nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, that Oversoul, within which every man’s particular being is contained and made one with all others; that common heart, of which all sincere conversation is the worship, to which all right action is submission; that overpowering reality which confutes our tricks and talents, and constrains every one to pass for what he is, and to speak from his character, and not from his tongue, and which evermore tends to pass into our thought and hand, and become wisdom, and virtue, and power and beauty.” Essays, Vol. I., p. 244. [7] Chs. 30, 55. [8] Chs. 7, 77. [9] Ch. 25. [10] Chs. 15, 68. Compare the saying of Sir T. Browne—“Live by old ethicks and the classical rules of honesty.” [11] Ch. 4. The word _hsiang_ 象 is also explained here as meaning _probably_ or _it seems_; the equivalent of _yu_ (猶). [12] Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese, &c., p. 246. [13] Chs. 73, 77. [14] Chine, pp. 116–7. [15] See chs. 2, &c. Wei (爲) sometimes means to _esteem_. and _Wei-wu-wei_ would then mean to esteem without appearing to do so. Compare Shĭ-wu-shi (事無事), Shang-tê pu-tê (上德不德), &c. [16] In this he is often followed by Mr. Chalmers. Pauthier also so translates the expression. [17] See chs. 41, 70. [18] Christian Morals, Section xix. [19] So Celsus represents the early Christians as saying—“Wisdom is a bad thing in life, foolishness is to be preferred.” Neander, Ch. Hist., Vol. I., p. 164 (Amer. Translation). [20] See chs. 45, 71, 77. Compare the statement attributed to Gotama Buddha. “Great King, I do not teach the law to my pupils, telling them, Go, ye saints, and before the eyes of the Brahmans and householders perform, by means of your supernatural powers, miracles greater than any man can perform. I tell them, when I teach them the law, Live, ye saints, hiding your good works, and showing your sins.” Chips from a German Workshop, Vol. I., p. 249; translated from Burnouf, Introduction à l’Histoire du Buddhisme Indien, p. 170. [21] Compare Emerson—“The man may teach by doing, and not otherwise. If he can communicate himself he can teach, but not by word.” Essay IV., Vol. I., p. 136. [22] Ch. 48. _Wu-wei_ here may have another meaning. Wu-chʽêng and Julien regard it as meaning _inaction_, and make it synonymous with _Wu-shi_. See Mr. Chalmers’ extraordinary translation of this chapter. [23] Chs. 8, 78. [24] Chs. 22, 34, 66. [25] Compare the saying of Solomon,—“Before honour is humility.” Proverbs, xviii. 12. [26] See chs. 92, 24. [27] Ch. 42.