 | 1926 - 450 sider
...not die prematurely ; the expectation of life depends on one's habits. Essay on Iron and salt 279. There are three things which are unfilial and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. Mencius 280. When the lips are lost the teeth get cold. Tso Chuan 281. Fellow patients sympathize with... | |
 | James Legge - 1861 - 646 sider
...TIM-, our application of 'the loaves and fishes.' fflj ^ |f ^ = ffij ^ CHAPTER XXVI. 1. Mencius said, " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. 2. " Shun married, without informing his parents, because of this, — lest he slwuld have no posterity.... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - 1867 - 444 sider
...so gifted and the ungifted — will not admit an inch." FILIAL AND FRATERNAL DUTIES. Mencius said, " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them.* " The richest fruit of benevolence is this : the service of one's parents. The richest fruit of righteousness... | |
 | Ssǔ shu - 1870 - 392 sider
...doctrine of the ancients, would have acted with a view to eating and drinking." XXVI. 1. Mencius said, " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. 2. " Shun married, without informing his parents, because of this, — lest he should have no posterity.... | |
 | James Legge - 1875 - 420 sider
...ways of the ancients, would have acted with a view to eating and drinking." XXVI. 1. Mencius said, " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. We must understand that Tsze-gaou had gone on a mission from Ts'e to Loo, and that Yoh-ching took the... | |
 | 1882 - 498 sider
...imagination ; but I venture to say that the reader would never imagine that what Mencius says is true, " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them." The next of the Five Relations introduces us to the subject of marriage, in all its bearings. Marriages... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - 1882 - 444 sider
...so gifted and the ungifted—will not admit an inch." FILIAL AND FRATERNAL DUTIES. Mencius said, " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them.* " The richest fruit of benevolence is this : the service of one's parents. The richest fruit of righteousness... | |
 | James Legge - 1895 - 608 sider
...the loaves and «•-• 312 PT. I. CH. XXVII.] THE WORKS OF MENCITTS. CHAP. XXVI. i. Mencius said, ' There are three things which are unfilial , and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. 2. ' Shun married without informing his parents because of this, — lest he should have no posterity.... | |
 | James Legge - 1895 - 444 sider
...application of ' the loaves and PT. I. CH. XXVII.] THE WORKS OF MENCIUS. CHAP. XXVI. i. Mencius said, ' There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. 2. 'Shun married without informing his parents because of this, — lest lie should have no posterity.... | |
 | Rounsevelle Wildman - 1900 - 376 sider
...government service for their filial piety and the purity of their characters. Mencius ruled that " There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them." Hence the custom of child marriages comes naturally, and is followed by the custom of divorce and concubinage... | |
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There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. 
