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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... Ming"2 hao. A name, a title, an appella tion. K'ai1 t'ou. To begin, to lead off, to date from: --Les. 12(3. ft Wan slu4. Ten thousand generations, the ages, forever. ffiShi1 lod4 To lose, to let slip. Notes. 5 The second in this sentenco would bo left oat by many speakers without at all feeling tho incongruity of the construction. 9- b f"J 0t _t On your body; i. e., concerned you. U The initial B simply marks the subject of discourse. When a Chinese teacher is asked to define he always dtes so by explaining the two words separately, which makes the term as a whole not a little confusing. It means ancestors or ancestry or ancestral clan, according to circumstances. It is a book, rather than a colloquial, term, jfjf JS is an expression in the studied form of books. 13 i!t H does not here form a phrase, as elsewhere, but means simply, the courge or way of life. This is tho Peking form of the saying and does not illustrate the lesson. Compare, "Money makes the mare go." 18 Tho Btruoture of this sentence is wen: it becomes Mandarin only by being quoted and used as a common saying. Tii" does not mean simply the law, but all the means and methods by which officers control the people. 21 'J'.A The nso of J gives a diminutive tonoh similar to our word "youngster." Neither of the comparisons here used seeut specially apt. 26 Lin An has the face of u booby; he does not look as if he had the least capacity, but if you get into conversation with him, you will find that he is a man of ability and decision. 2 7 The saying is quite true, that " all events are controlled by the will of heaven; the plans of men are entirely futile." For example, Ch'in Si Hwang took this title with the idea that...



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  • ISBN-13: 9781154673166
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 220
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154673162
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 399 gr

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