A Japanese Philosopher.Introduction : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto Index Next p. 1 A JAPANESE PHILOSOPHER. BY GEORGE WM. KNOX, D.D. ["Read January 20, 1892."] INTRODUCTION. Previous to the recent introduction of western literature and science, the intellectual development of the Japanese may be studied in three periods, each...
Shundai Zatsuwa. Book V.Sincerity : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto Index Previous p. 125 VOLUME V. SINCERITY. THE MOON THE MEMENTO OF THE GENERATIONS. When the year was more than half gone and the autumn scenery was come, the cool wind piercing the body, after long absence the friends gathered again at the house of the Old M...
Untitled : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto THE SHUNDAI ZATSUWA ("A JAPANESE PHILOSOPHER") BY KYUS (MUR NAOKIYO) TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY GEORGE WM. KNOX [Tokyo, 1892] {Reduced To HTML By Christopher M. Weimer, September 2002} This book is an exposition of orthodox neo-Confucian thought from Tokugawa Jap...
Shundai Zatsuwa. Book Iv.Wisdom : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto Index Previous Next BOOK IV. WISDOM. DARK IS THE FOOT OF THE CANDLESTICK. When the dog days were half gone, some friends came to the Old Man's cottage on Suruga Dai to enjoy its coolness. The daily rain had ceased and the setting sun still lingered in the western...
Shundai Zatsuwa. Book Iii.Propriety : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto Index Previous Next p. 92 BOOK III. PROPRIETY. THE EMPIRE, THE EMPIRE OF THE EMPIRE. When spring was giving way to summer and the days grew long, the leaves of the trees forming bowers more beautiful even than the flowers of spring, the Old Man spread his books...
Shundai Zatsuwa. Book I.Benevolence : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto Index Previous Next p. 28 SHUNDAI ZATSUWA. BOOK ONE.--BENEVOLENCE. THE AGED SCHOLAR'S PREFACE. I was born in Musashi, and when my hair was first fastened in a queue studied the Chinese poetry and history.1 Thenceforth I wrote essays on themes which interested me...
Shundai Zatsuwa. Book Ii.Righteousness : Sacred-Texts Confucianism Shinto Index Previous Next BOOK II.--RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE STUDY OF MARTIAL FORTUNE. Returning from exercise some young men stopped one day, and the Old Man said to them: As your profession is that of arms constant drill is necessary; but good fortune is more important th...