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Elements of Chinese grammar; with a preliminary dissertation on the characters, and the colloquial medium of the Chinese, and an appendix containing the Tahyoh of Confucius with a translation - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 Excerpt: ...two, kwo is most commonly used in conversation; and one instance occurs in Confucius of its being used in nearly this sense. In the first volume of Lun-yu, the philosopher, 6peakingon a certain occasion of his headstrong disciple Tse-loo, has the following remark; In this sentence kwo, the fifth character from the right, has the force of 'more than;' but it would still admit of being rendered ' beyond,' without any violence; thus,' Yeu truly values courage beyond me.' If rendered indeed in its own proper meaning as a verb, the sense would be nearly the same; ' Yeu, in esteeming strength, goes beyond me.' To the substantive with which the comparison is made, however, the prepositive character Jjyu is much more frequently prefixed by Confucius and the best Chinese writers, than kwo. Thus used, it has nearly the meaning of the adverb than; and like kioo in these instances, often adds the force of a comparative to an adjective in the positive degree. In the first volume of Mung, that philosopher introduces Tsai-ngo, as preferring his master Confucius to the emperors Yao and Shun. In thus eulogizing his master, Tsai-ngo declares that in his view he appeared, 3$&-for SuuI yHQ Yao more lian.JfH Virtuous "Far-more eminent in virtue /«zn Too and Shun" Mung, vol. 1. In this sentence the comparison, made by yu imparts to hhyen, virtuous, an adjective in the positive degree, the force of the comparative more virtuous. In this method of forming the comparision, those who are familiar with the Hebrew, will realize the simplicity of that language in communicating to an adjective in the positive degree the force of the comparative, by prefixing to the substantive with which the comparison is made, the letter £ 'more than/ or 'beyond' of which among ...
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