The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18
Over the Nuts and Wine
!. BY FRANCES coUR7EM4Y BANoR
and made wnr an Idc


Emperor all others were but vassals,
and should be loyal and deToted ones;
INFINITE reverence for ancestors; also
for old age; benovolence, justice. hon
cs'y, gratitude; great respect for ira
ditlon; strict discipline for children, II
you would forge the tool of God, and
the delights OF truro friendship ~ sl
noble list OF practical virtues, isn't
1t? fIc dIgiiked and discouraged all
spcculations as to the origin of thingsl
among his followers. When one OF
them natly questioned him as to his
belief in immortality, It is recorded
that he answered: You cannot com.
prehehd life. How. then, can you hope
to know about death?" He concerned|
himself entirely with tine physical well.
being of man and right conduct scnol-
ars are ALL agreed. He felt 1t to b.
idle to peer into hidden mysteries. and
profitable to take life. as we all know
1T. conscientiously. 1t was great step
IN getting the religion that affects !. /
mans daily life; always a good SORT
perhaps what China then most needed.
That he loved HIS people we'll and truly
by which he Is best known, the
Golden Rule, which he put negatively.
That alone showed that he. too, was
the Light OF Asla--one OF the rays OF
that sun and sum OF divine splcndor.
the Christ, the Light OF HEAVEN and
Earth, and all their sweetness and
strength, power and glory. might and
majesty.
Struck by the corrupt state of gov
eminent in China, he began by re.
forming the Individual He took up
the relation of the individual to tho
state, and wrote the "Ta-IIiok." not
nh 1nE f,,J,f TIT, oh ho .,s
affairs at all, but full of ethical pre-.
cepts and nlaxims. He revised The |
Five Kings" which are to the Chinese
what the Mosaic records are TO the
Jews: the yedas> are 10 the liindoos; |
Homer to the Greeks. they are the
foundations of all Chinese studies
The Sinking" IS their Revelations, !
and inculcates, for nonarchs, Justice
and humanity; for the people, peace
full, domestic duties faithfully full !
filled The viking" is all Chinese
metaphysics. (There IS something APP !,
pallins to the average mortal mind
about metaphysics in Chinese.) Iii
King" treats OF ceremonial obnry-
ances, customs and usages at court and
throughout the nation. The "Tehun.
tsin" is Confuc!uss contemporary his |
tory of China. 1t Is an enormously IN
teresting country, and has always been
a sealed book TO the world till lately. |
Marco Polo explored IL partly in his |
day, and spent seventeen years at the /
kubla Khan's capital. Peking. And |
many OF his tales about It, which were
much discredited in his day as mere |,
travellers tales, have been proven true
Pek!ng became their capital after they |
bought off the Huns, who swarmed |
over the Great Wall in the second |
century, By Il tribute OF silks and |
money. just for all the world as Ethel
red the Second OF England paid Dane /
geld" In 1893 George III. sent a gor
scous embassy to China. headed BY
Lord Macartney. But he refused to
PROSTATE himself at the Emperor's
feet. and was ignominiously sent back
to England with this letter: II nave
sent thine ambassador back 10 his
own country, with his following. with.
out Furnishing them FOR the crime they
have committed" Other countries did
the same all through TIL centuries;
but 1T was reserved for our tommodorc
Perry 10 open the I'VE treaty ports
and let US and. with us. the Christian
religion into China Monsieur lie Hues's
China, Mongolia and Tartary," the
record OF Jesuit priests travel in
those countries IN the seventeenth
century, Is one of the most fascinating
books ever written about China, and
perfectly authentic. too. After twenty
years. still recall II with the great
est pleasure.
Confucius was made magistrate,
and died full, of worldly and spiritual
honor5 at the age of seventy-tbrec
His descendants were given the high
est Offices. His memory has been non
orcd by splendid monuments. But
the greatest IS the good he has done !,
4, al IA S,tT In a..
teachings, writings and the 1000
teachers whom he inspired No doubt
1t would pain him to find that he. the
unutterable foe of idolatky, Is not only
venerated and loved. as is his right,
but worshiped in China.
Gautsmn.
The founder of Buddhism, tho most |
illustrious man that India has pro-
duccd came from the tribe Of the
sakyas. Aryans. who had settled I'M
the valley of the River Rohimi. at the !
foot OF the Hinalayas, on the border
of Nepal His father was Rajan.I
and married his cousin from the other
side OF the river. Seven, days after
his birth his mother died, and he was
cared for by a foster mother and aunt
from her tribe Being kings son, he
was reared with all the accom-
splishmepts and manly arts of his sta
ton, and surpassed his fellows In ath-
letic sports, so much so that in a
tournament to which all the young
men of his tribe were invited, he sur
passed them all. He must have mad a
fine physique. and as much physical
as mental and moral force TO bear the
tasting, trials, journeys, reVerses of
long lifetime, etc.; keeping every