Bulletin, Utgåva 22–23

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The Museum, 1950
 

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Sida 119 - It may perhaps be pleasant/' replied Charlotte, "to be able to impose on the public in such a case; but it is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark.
Sida 119 - Pride,' observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, 'is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed ; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.
Sida 61 - It is then in fact a loan char. for shang 29 'to give', which is very common indeed in bronze inscriptions. We thus have here a binome of two analogous verbs: shang 'to endow' and sh I 'to enrich', a natural and convincing combination: »(Heaven greatly supported their mandate), and so they endowed and enriched the people; of the (royal men =) men of the royal line there were none who did not hold on to the virtue ». — We should observe here: Shu: Lii hing: Yiie sh I k'i tsuei 30. A. PK'ung: »One...
Sida 9 - younger brother Feng" to consolidate Heaven's mandate, and renew the Yin people. The king is told: "Do not empty the various offices (sc. by placing worthless men in them) . The works of Heaven, it is man who carries them out on its behalf.
Sida 11 - the gifts (recompense) of God on High» (40), Ts'ai Ch'en rightly rejects this and considers shou Shang ti as equal to shou yii Shang ti 41, which certainly does better justice to the Shu text. Thus: »(There will be a grand response), they will wait for your will, and so it will be manifest that you have received (your mandate) from God on High». — C is most logical and in agreement with the traditional philosophy; the lines here are in fact a condensed programmatic declaration of the fundamental...
Sida 4 - ... is the son of a blind man. His father was obstinately unprincipled; his step-mother was insincere; his half-brother Seang was arrogant. He has been able, however, by his filial piety to live in harmony with them, and to lead them gradually to self-government, so that they no longer proceed to great wickedness." The emperor said, "I will try him! I will wive him, and then see his behaviour with my two daughters.
Sida 4 - He gathered in the five (kinds of) insignia; and (when he had »monthed», he »dayed» =) when he had determined a month, he determined the day and saw the S'i Yiie and all the Pastors, and (again) distributed the insignia to all the princes.
Sida 119 - She smiled, but made no answer. He repeated the question, with some surprise at her silence. "Oh!" said she, "I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say 'Yes...
Sida 35 - I, the little child, anew have obtained an appointment from the three kings (ie a new spell of life) ; for a distant end I shall plan; what I now expect is that they will (think of ) care about me, the One Man».
Sida 121 - ... of the Chou Dynasty (1122-256 BC) reveals, in fact, that the vocabulary consists mainly of simple words of this kind. That this was not only the result of a striving to write as concisely as possible, in order to save trouble when documents had to be drawn up by means of a primitive technique, but that these old texts are the natural reproduction of the spoken language...

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