"Confucianist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... found in a large number of characters dealing with humanity under varied aspects; e.g. [ni] ni "thou," [ta] t'a "he," [zuo] tso "to make," [zhang] chang "a weapon," [jie] chieh "a hero," [ru] ju "a scholar," "a Confucianist"; while it has been pointed out that such words as [jian] chien "treacherous," [mei] mei "to flatter," and [du] tu "jealousy," are all written with the indicator [nu] ...
— China and the Chinese • Herbert Allen Giles
... the Christian or of anyone else. The Christian view of the Father is undoubtedly the truest; but every view is true in proportion to its grasp of truth. No one will deny that the Buddhist, the Mahometan, the Confucianist, have their grasp of truth. Even the primitive idolater has some faint gleam of it, distorted though it may have become. Very well, then; the faintest gleam of such knowledge will not ...
— The Conquest of Fear • Basil King |
