Karma Story of Buddhist Ethics

Author(s): Paul Carus
Publisher: Chicago Open Court Publishing Company

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gin not established beyond the shadow of a doubt. Not only does the term Tao (word, reason) correspond quite closely to the Greek term Logos, but Lao-Tze also preaches the ethics of requiting hatred with goodness. He insists on the necessity of becoming like unto a little child, of returning to primitive simplicity and purity, of non-assertion and non-resistance, and promises that the deficient will be made whole, the crooked will be 'straightened, the empty will be filled, the worn will be renewed, those who have too little will receive, while those who have too much will be disconcerted. The Tao Teh King is small in size and aphoristic in form, but it is filled to the brim with deep wisdom and sound morality.com
Dr. Carus's text edition has additional advantages; it is so arranged that every reader has it in his power to verify the translation, and if he so desires, to study the Chinese language practically in connection with this celebrated classic. Every Chinese word and its English equivalent is given in the transliteration, which thus forms a complete explanation of the Chinese text, and for every word references are given to the exact page of Williams's Dictionary, which is the most accessible, and, in some cases where Williams is insufficient, to the K'anghi, which is the most authoritative. There are also notes on pronunciation and methods of transcription, 'made by the Rev. Geo. T. Candlin of Tientsin and Dr. Robert Lilley of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. The roots and whole philological history of the words can thus be traced by any reader.
OPINIONS OF CHINESE SCHOLARS. THE Rev. C. SPURGEON MEDHURST, a missionary well known as a Chinese scholar of high repute, says