. The Open court. Chow-kung.(Died B. C. 1105.) The great statesman of the Chow dynasty. Idealised by—-^Confucius. (After Okyo, Japanese artist of the eighteenth century.) of the great men of the past, his success in giving to his country-men a set of text-books which they have studied ever since and 696 THE OPEN COURT. are still studying, show that he was a great man. Philosophy isincomplete without history, and the proper study of mankind isman. This Confucius knew, and he made it a principle. Thestudy of physical nature he left to Chwang-tze. (Cir. B. C. 350.) Most prominent of Taoi
. The Open court. Chow-kung.(Died B. C. 1105.) The great statesman of the Chow dynasty. Idealised by—-^Confucius. (After Okyo, Japanese artist of the eighteenth century.) of the great men of the past, his success in giving to his country-men a set of text-books which they have studied ever since and 696 THE OPEN COURT. are still studying, show that he was a great man. Philosophy isincomplete without history, and the proper study of mankind isman. This Confucius knew, and he made it a principle. Thestudy of physical nature he left to Chwang-tze. (Cir. B. C. 350.) Most prominent of Taoist philosophers. (After Okyo, Japanese artist of the eighteenth century.) It was the same with Lau-tsz, Chwang-tsz, and Mencius. Butthere is a great contrast between the teaching of the Tauists andthat of the Confucianists. Quiet contemplation is a very differentthing from the teaching which makes it the duty of a man to serve CHINESE EDUCATION. 697 his country. The Tauists resemble the Quakers, who cannot servethe State in any public office because their principles forbid themto take an oath. The Confucianists resemble the Puritans, who
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