 | Edith Jemima Simcox - China - 1894 - 576 pages
...and spiritual beings. When a disciple asked him about serving the Spirits of the dead, he answered : "While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?" (Analects, xi, II). And when the indiscreet scholar proceeded "to ask about death : " "While you do... | |
 | Confucius - Ethics - 1895 - 146 pages
...men to do to me I also wish not to do to men. Confucian An., Kung Yay Chang (ch. xi.). 81 September. Ke Loo asked about serving the spirits of the dead....able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?" KeLoo added, "I venture to ask about death." He was answered, ' ' While you do not know life, how can... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...the Master taught — letters, ethics, devotion of soul, and truthfulness. — Ibid, p. 158. Ki Lu rch, on account s.-rve men, how can you serve their spirits?' Ki I,i added, "I venture to ask about death ?" He was... | |
 | William Arthur Cornaby - China - 1895 - 512 pages
...time.' " On another occasion his disciple Ki-leu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. Confucius said, ' While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits ?' Ki-leu added, ' I venture to ask about death.' He was answered, ' While you do not know life, how... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 522 pages
...country is ill-governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of." — Analeets, Book VIII. Ke-loo asked about serving the spirits [of the dead]. The...to serve men, how can you serve [their] spirits?" Ke-loo continued : "I venture to ask about death." He was answered : "While you do not know life, how... | |
 | Daniel L. Gifford - Korea - 1898 - 266 pages
...supernatural. He said: "Spirits are to be respected, but to be kept at a distance." On another occasion he said: "While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?" He found ancestral worship existing among the ancients he so much venerated, and he passed on the custom... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...ashamed of ; when a country is ill-governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of. ' Ke-loo asked about serving the spirits [of the dead]. The...able to serve men, how can you serve [their] spirits ? " Ke-loo continued : " I venture to ask about death." He was answered : " While you do not know life,... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - Missions - 1902 - 568 pages
...the familiar passage from the Analects: " Kee Leo asked about serving the spirits of the dead, and the master said, ' While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?' The disciple added, 'I venture to ask about death,' and he was answered, ' While you do not know life,... | |
 | 1903 - 772 pages
...the familiar passage from the Analects: ' Kee Leo asked about serving the spirits of the dead, and the Master said, " While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?" The disciple added, " I venture to ask about death," and he was answered, "While you do not know life,... | |
 | Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse - 1906 - 312 pages
...from them, n> •* bo called wisdom." 1 Nor does Confucius encourage thinking about the future life. Ke Loo asked about serving the spirits of the dead....are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirit ? " Ke Loo added, " I venture to ask about death." He was answered, " While you do not know... | |
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Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, 'While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?' Chi Lu added, 'I venture to ask about death? 
