The Chinese Classics — Prolegomena by Unknown
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quotations, however, are introduced by 'The Master said,' or
'Confucius said,' no mention being made of any book called 'The Lun Yu,' or Analects. In the Great Learning, Commentary, x. 15, we have the words of Ana. IV. iii, and in 1 In the continuation of the 'General Examination of Records and Scholars (Äò¤åÄm³q¦Ò),' Bk. cxcviii. p. 17, it is said, indeed, on the authority of Wang Ch'ung (¤ý¥R), a scholar of our first century, that when the Work came out of the wall it was named a Chwan or Record (¶Ç), and that it was when K'ung An-kwo instructed a native of Tsin, named Fu-ch'ing, in it, that it first got the name of Lun Yu:-- ªZ«Ò±o½×»y¤_¤Õ¾À¤¤, ¬Ò¦W¤ê¶Ç, ¤Õ¦w°ê¥H¥j½×±Ð®Ê¤H§ßë, ©l¤ê½× »y. If it were so, it is strange the circumstance is not mentioned in Ho Yen's preface. 2 ¯ûë. 3 ²ø¤l, ¦C¤l. 4 ¾¥¤l. Mencius, III. Pt. II. vii. 3, those of Ana. XVII. i, but without any notice of quotation. In the writings of Hsun Ch'ing, Book I. page 2, we find something like the words of Ana. XV. xxx; and on p. 6, part of XIV. xxv. But in these instances there is no mark of quotation. In the writings of Chwang, I have noted only one passage where the words of the Analects are reproduced. Ana. XVIII. v is found, but with large additions, and no reference of quotation, in his treatise on 'Man in the World, associated with other Men [1].' In all those Works, as well as in those of Lieh and Mo, the references to Confucius and his disciples, and to many |
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