Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . nd disciples, who were converts to his doctrines, and practised the rules helaid down for their conduct. His fame increased with his years, and at lengththe king of Loo appointed him chief minister, and for a long time he was en-gaged in affairs of government. It is said that, while he continued in power,justice was so well administer
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . nd disciples, who were converts to his doctrines, and practised the rules helaid down for their conduct. His fame increased with his years, and at lengththe king of Loo appointed him chief minister, and for a long time he was en-gaged in affairs of government. It is said that, while he continued in power,justice was so well administered, that if gold or jewels were dropped on thehighway, they would remain untouched until the rightful owner appeared toclaim them. But this may be considered as merely a figurative mode ofdepicting the extreme good order that was preserved in the state At lengththe philosopher, finding that all his efforts to produce a reformation at the courtwere unsuccessful, voluntarily resigned his dignity, and devoted himself, witha few chosen friends, entirely to the study of philosophy, and the compositionof those works which have rendered his name immortal, and the precepts ofwhich, like those of the Koran of Mohammed, even to this day, regulate both CONFUCIUS. 17. Confucius and his Disciples the government and the religion of the state. The latter may be more properlytermed a system of morality than a religion, as it is intended to inculcate theduties of men toward each other, rather than those which they owe to a supe-rior being. The Confucians believe in one supreme Deity, and adore the earthas the mother of all things, but they have no particular form of worship, norany regular priesthood ; their religious rites consisting solely of sacrifices madein the temples on stated occasions, when the emperor officiates as high priest,and the chief mandarins of the court as his subordinates. The books of-Confu-cius, which are studied by the Chinese as sacred volumes, teach that the trueprinci
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