Identifier: dragonimagedemon1887dubo (find matches)
Title: The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: DuBose, Hampden C
Subjects: Taoism Buddhism Confucianism
Publisher: New York, A. C. Armstrong & son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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and by easy stages. He would have wel-comed a messenger of recall. The sovereign, however,continued in his abandonment, and the sage left hisoffice, his home, and his country. A Wanderer.— For thirteen years he travelled fromone feudal state to another, seeking rest and findingnone, always hoping to meet with a ruler who wouldadopt his counsel, and always disappointed. Confuciussaw the application of his theory of government wasa great success, and amidst these troublous times ofsemi-barbarous, warring kingdoms, the heart >of the loo The Dragon, Image, and Demon, statesman was filled with sadness. He said, But whatmatters the ingratitude of men ? They cannot hinder mefrom doing all the good that has been appointed me.If mj precepts are disregarded, I have the consolation ofknowing in my own breast that I have faithfully per-formed my duty. His fame had gone before him, andmost of the princes whom he visited received him withdistinction, and would gladly have given him office and
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The Sages Chariot. retained him at their courts; but no one was prepared toaccept his principles and act them out. A duke, pleased with having his domains honoured bythe presence of so great a man, but who did not wishto follow his rigid system of honest government, proposedto give the sage the revenues of the town of Linkew.Confucius declined the offer, and said to his followers : A superior man will only receive reward for services Confucius: His Character and Influence. loi which he has done. I have given advice to the duke,and he has not yet obeyed it, and now he would endowme with this place. Very far is he from understandingme. His motto was office and principle, or poverty andhonour. He said, With coarse rice to eat, with water todrink, and my bended arm for a pillow, I have still joyin these things. Riches and honours acquired by un-righteousness are to me as a floating cloud. Just asno one mourns over the results of the prison life ofBunyan, we can be glad that Confucius year

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