Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakngs. By all these... The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal - 333 psl.1886Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| James Legge - 1861 - 646 psl.
...movcablc frame, u% THE WORKS OF MENCIUS. V /I ^ ^ J* s£- >Cl>* » m m» m & ft m &w mw\ 2. "Thus, Avhen Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man,...stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his in competencies. 3. " Men for the most part err, and are afterwards able to reform. They are distressed... | |
| James Legge - 1861 - 646 psl.
...effects of calamity and difficulties. He says: — "When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and...to extreme poverty ; it confounds his undertakings. Bv all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies."1... | |
| James Legge - 1875 - 422 psl.
...Pih-le He from the market-place. 2. " Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any one, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his...body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; and it confounds his undertakings. In all these ways it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature,... | |
| James Legge - 1875 - 420 psl.
...Pih-le He from the market-place. ^2. " Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any one, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his...body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; and it confounds his undertakings. In all these ways it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature,... | |
| 1885 - 672 psl.
...satoru.' Are translated as follows : " Then, when heaven is about to confer a great office on any one, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil ; it exposes Lis body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty; and it confounds his undertakings. In all... | |
| 1888 - 924 psl.
..."Though a man may be wicked, yet, if ho adjust his thoughts, fast, and bathe, ho may sacrifice to God." " When Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exorcises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger,... | |
| James Legge - 1895 - 444 psl.
...effects of calamity and difficulties. He says: — 'When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and...stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies2.' Such have been the effects of Heaven's exercising some men with calamities ; but... | |
| James Legge - 1895 - 608 psl.
...moveeble frame, in which the walla are feiined. 446 PT. II. CH. XV.] THE WORKS OF MENCIUS. 2. ' Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any...exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and hones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his... | |
| Zhidong Zhang - 1900 - 170 psl.
...and Generals whose characters were established by repeated contact with danger and difficulty: " Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any...his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates hismind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies." A man born of sorrow and adversity is... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1902 - 442 psl.
...the heart there is nothing better than to make the desires few. — MENCIUS, Tsin Sin (ch. xxxv.). When Heaven is about to confer a great office on any...methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, ^nd supplies his incompetencies. — MENCIUS, Kaou Tsze (pt. ii. ch. xv.). You should ever stand in... | |
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