Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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CONTENTS.
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93. Tistar's seizing of water from the ocean to rain it upon
the earth, and his conflict with Apâôsh. . .. 264 94. Conclusion · · · · · · · · 369 EPISTLES OF MÂNÜskihar . . . . 277
Epistle I. To the good people of Sîrkân. 1. Introductory compliments, acknowledging receipt of a
complaining epistle . . . . . . 279 2. Deploring the false opinions in circulation, owing to the
fiend, about the purification ceremonies . . . 3. Excusing any defects in this epistle for various reasons
detailed . . . . . . . . 286 4. Deprecating the disuse of the Bareshnům ceremony, as
decreed by his brother; such disuse being contrary
to scripture and the commentaries . . . . 292 5. Alluding to the one-sided view of the opinions of the
commentators adopted by the decree they had sent . 298 6. Discussing the different statements of the commentators
as to the number of purifiers and washings . . 301 7. Discussing the proper quantities of liquids to be used,
and the 300 pebbles . . . . . . 304 8. Regarding the stirring up of the bull's urine when fetid,
as mentioned in the Sakadům Nask . . .' 309 9. Deciding that the commentary which teaches the most
efficient mode of purification is to be followed, when
there are no special reasons for acting otherwise . 312 10. Reserving other matters for special instructions to the
priests, but warning them not to obey the decree now denounced .
. . . . . . 316 11. Arranging for the enforcement of his decision, until he
can write further, or come himself; and concluding with benediction and date . . . . . 320
EPISTLE II. To his brother, Zâd-sparam. 1. Acknowledging receipt of a former epistle, and announc
ing the arrival of complaints about his brother's
reprehensible decree . . . . . . 324 2. Disapproving of the decree and its mode of dealing with
the commentaries, whose exact agreement is as unlikely as the simultaneous occurrence of several particular conjunctions of the planets. · 331
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