Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1885
Total Pages: 2521
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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BK. XXV.
KUNG-NÎ YEN KÜ.
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mother of the people. He could feed them, but he could not teach them?.
5. 3ze-kung (again) crossed the mat, and replied, 'Allow me to ask by what means it is possible to secure this due mean.' The Master said, 'By means of the ceremonial rules; by the rules. Yes, it is those rules which define and determine the due mean.'
6. Zze-kung having retired, Yen Ya advanced, and said, “May I be allowed to ask whether the rules of ceremony do not serve to control what is bad, and to complete what is good ?' The Master said, 'They do. Very well, and how do they do it?' The Master said, 'The idea in the border sacrifices to Heaven and Earth is that they should give expression to the loving feeling towards the spirits; the ceremonies of the autumnal and summer services in the ancestral temple give expression to the loving feeling towards all in the circle of the kindred ; the ceremony of putting down food (by the deceased) serves to express the loving feeling towards those who are dead and for whom they are mourning; the ceremonies of the archery fêtes and the drinking at them express the loving feeling towards all in the district and neighbourhood; the ceremonies of festal entertainments express the loving feeling towards visitors and guests.'
· The Khien-lung editors say that in this paragraph, the part from 3ze-khân' has been introduced by an error in manipulating the tablets. It is found, and more fully, also in the Narratives of the School, article 41 (E A ). The previous sentence of it also appears to me to be out of place. Why should Confucius address himself to Sze?--that was not the name of 3ze-kung. What is said to him is found in the Analects, VI, 15, and also more fully.
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