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The wisdom of Confucius, China's greatest teacher and sage, can
guide each of us in our own time.
Twenty-six centuries after their origination, the principles
laid down in the Analects of Confucius still act as the foundation
of Chinese philosophy, ethics, society and government, and play a
formative role in the development of many Eastern philosophies. In
this intriguing look at the ethical and spiritual meaning of the
Analects, Rodney L. Taylor, the foremost American researcher of
Confucius as a religious and spiritual figure, explains their
profound and universal wisdom for our own time. He shows how
Confucius advocates learning and self-cultivation to follow the
"path of the sage" or Way of Heaven a journey that promises to
promote reason, peace and understanding.
Alongside an updated version of the classic translation by
Sinologist James Legge, Taylor provides informative and accessible
commentary that illuminates the meaning behind selected passages
from the Analects and their insights on character development,
respect and reverence, and the nature of learning, goodness,
truthfulness and righteousness."
This book describes interactions of plant viruses with hosts and
transmission vectors in an agricultural context. Starting with an
overview of virus biology, economics and management, chapters then
address economically significant plant diseases of tropical and
subtropical crops. For each disease, symptoms, distribution,
economic impact, causative virus, taxonomy, host range,
transmission, diagnostic methods and management strategies are
discussed.
1899. Fu Hsi, the first of the Five Emperors of the legendary
period, is said to have been miraculously conceived by his mother
who, after a gestation of twelve years, gave birth to him at
Ch'eng-chi in Shenshi. He taught his people to hunt, to fish and to
keep flocks. He showed them how to split the wood of t'ung tree,
and then how to twist silk threads and stretch them to form rude
musical instruments. From the markings on the back of a tortoise,
he is said to have constructed the Eight Diagrams from which were
developed the whole system of I Ching.
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