The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-27

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order follow tho seven books recording
tina sayinga and dolngs u Msnc,us. ia"
man 10 whose genius nd devotion may Ia
traced the Anal ri mph OF CuufIciarism.
Nenciris WAS born In n c 97a, "a littl"
over n hundred wears after IN" death Z
the maIie. and ~ widowed mother, ~
reason u the care with which she brought
HIM up. has lett y name that - a house
hold word IN China to-day. We are told
that. ~ a child. the future sage uy"i with
her near = cemetery. The result being that
b" began tn reproduce in play the solemn
scones enacted before his eyes. whereuI0n
his mother mov-i 10 another house near
the market place aud tina little boy. soon
forgetting all about funerals, began 10
plav NJ buving and selling. once moro
the mother ~disapproved and once more she
changed her dwelling, this time To - house
near "A college where he soon began Ia
inltat- the ceremonial ohs.rvances ~ the
student course. to her great Joy aud salts
faction. II time the sage became a great
coutrcversialist and learned sophists -
his dav IN vain endeavor"d 10 ntangle
him in those peculiarly abstract discus
SONS which have ever been attractive To
tho Chinese mind. After occupying sew
eral important Government pssltiois. and
having attained u u perfect apprehension
~ the Confucian Way" ho retired into
private life and spent his later wears in
teaching and preparing the philosophical
record which now passes under his name.
Thus far Prof Giles has dealt exClu-
sively with what may he called orthodox
literature. that " to say. Of, OF belonging
To, or based upon, the Cunfucian Canon.
Another important branch consists VI the
literature Of Taosn, or that which has
grown mp around what IL known az the
Tao, or Way" n Lao Tpi. This il IN
direct antagonism To that which Is founded
upon the cnteria and doctrines Of Com
ficius. We will not attempt a. follow
Prot. Ciilos in the difficult task OF explain
ing just what Tao IL. According to Lao
Ten himself those who know dc not tell.
those who tell do not know" Modern
Western criticism has suinmed up the
doctrines Of Lao Thu M the gospel ~ mac
non. do nothing" said the sage, and
all things will be done" Certainly only
u Chinese mind can unravcl many - the
hidden meanings ot this abstract and
ellp,lve and often incomprcheusiblc philoso-
phv. Tao IA one famous Chinese COM |
nlentnror says, ia without beginning,
without end. II cannot be heard. heard.
II IL not Tao. Tao cannot he seen: seen. |
i IL NOT Tao. Tao cannot he spoken:
spoken. Il = not Tao. Tao is not too small
frr the greatest, nor too great for tho
smallest. Thus all things are cnhosomel
therein: wIlr. indeed. ia bouudlcss ca
pir.ty, mfathonhhle its depth. BY no
thulghts. hv no cog itat,ons Tao may Ice
known. BY resting in nothing. 10y ac.
corling IN nothing, Tao may hc ap-
pruachei. BY following nothing. 10y
Pursuing nothing. Tao may te attained
WITH HIS lucid apd extremely Chinese
evYusitou We may take leave Of Tao, !
merely pausing to quote these opposite
lines written by n Chinese poet NJ "A later
ag' IN lilet ridicule II the pretensiors
II the profound and worthy Lao Ten.
VINO know -ptaA MT. Who speak know n'iEht,