Classic of History (Part 1 & 2: The Book of Thang & The Books of Yü)
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Confucius (551–479 BCE) was born into a noble family in the Chinese state of Lu. His father died when he was very young and the family fell into poverty. Confucius resigned from a political career and then travelled for many years, searching for a province willing to adopt his ideas. Unsuccessful, he returned to Lu where he spent the rest of his life teaching. He is considered one of the most influential figures in the world.
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Classic of History (Part 1 & 2 - Confucius
Classic of History — The Canon of Yâo
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1. Examining into antiquity, the Tî Yâo[1] was styled Fang-hsün[2]. He was reverential, intelligent, accomplished, and thoughtful,—naturally and without effort. He was sincerely courteous, and capable of complaisance. The bright was felt through the four quarters, and reached to above and beneath.
He made the able and virtuous distinguished, and thence proceeded to the love of the nine classes of his kindred, who became harmonious. He regulated and polished the people, who all became brightly intelligent. He united and harmonized the myriad states; and so the black-haired people were transformed. The result was 2. He commanded the Hsîs and Hos[3], in reverent accordance with the wide heavens, to calculate and delineate the sun, the moon, the stars, and the zodiacal spaces, and so to deliver respectfully the seasons to be observed by the people.
He separately commanded the second brother Hsî to reside at Yü-î[4], in what was called the Bright Valley, and respectfully to receive as a guest the rising sun, and to adjust and arrange the labours of the spring. ‘The day is of the medium length, and the star is in Niâo;—you may thus exactly determine mid-spring. The people are dispersed, and birds and beasts breed and copulate.’
He further commanded the third brother. Hsî to reside at Nan-kiâo [5], to adjust and arrange the transformations of the summer, and respectfully-to observe the exact limit. ‘The day is at its longest, and the star is in Hwo;—you may thus exactly determine mid-summer. The people are more dispersed; and birds and beasts have their feathers and hair thin, and change their coats.’
He separately commanded the second brother Ho to reside at the west, in what was called the Dark Valley, and respectfully to convoy the setting sun, and to adjust and arrange the completing labours of the autumn. ‘The night is of the medium length, and the star is In Hsü;—you may thus exactly determine mid-autumn. The people feel at ease, and birds and beasts have, their coats in good condition.’
He further commanded the third brother Ho to reside in the northern region, in what was called the Sombre Capital, and to adjust and examine the changes of the winter. ‘The day is at its shortest, and the star is in Mâo;—you may thus exactly determine mid-winter. The people, keep in their houses, and the coats