The Conduct of Life, or the Universal Order of Confucius A Translation of One of the Four Confucian Books, Hitherto Known as the Doctrine of the Mean (Classic Reprint)

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The present volume is a translation of one of the four Confucian canonical books called the Chung Y ung, which has been translated by Dr. Legge as the Doctrine of the Mean. The Chinese word Chung means central - hence right, true, fair and square and Y any means common, or dinary - hence universal. The two Chinese words therefore mean the true, fair and square, universal standard of right; in short, the common-sense of right.

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