Thus both had a strong bias to conservatism; and in Lao-Tsze it went the length of prescribing that the people should not be instructed.
On the other hand, Mr. Chalmers, who dedicates his translation of Lao-Tsze to Dr.
But the quietist and mystical philosophy of Lao-Tsze and the practicality of Confucius alike failed to check the growth of superstition among the ever-increasing ignorant Chinese population.
There is a tradition that Lao-Tsze took his doctrine from an ancient sage who flourished before 1120 B.
Confucius, and also in the brief history of Lao-tsze given in the historical records of Sze-ma Ch'ien (about 100 B.
On this Lao-tsze made a writing, setting forth his views on the tao and virtue, in two sections, containing more than 5000 characters.
It does not shock Lao-tsze to suppose that it had a father, but he cannot tell whose son it is.
On reading these sentiments, we must judge of Lao-tsze that, with all his power of thought, he was only a dreamer.
It has been doubted whether Lao-tsze acknowledged the existence of God at all, but modern Taoism is a system of the wildest polytheism.
The former is derived from a fabulous account of Lao-tsze in the Shan Hsien Chwan; "The Account of Spirits and Immortals," of Ko Hung in the 4th century A.
Lao-tsze did not need to go further afield to find all that he has said about government.
Subjoined to the notice of him is the remark that Lao-tsze was more than one hundred and sixty years old, or, as some say, more than two hundred, because by the cultivation of the Tao he nourished his longevity.
Hwai-nan-tsze says that no two Kiao will dwell in one pool.
Ascribed also to Tsze Hea, the disciple of Confucius.
In pictures of Lao-tsze and the Immortals it is used as a symbol of longevity or immortality, hence it is found carried in the mouth of the white stag, which is also an emblem of immortality.
Han Seang-tsze (about the same period as the last) was a pupil of Leu Tung-pin.
Sometimes eight, and sometimes nine are found in one group, the ninth being Lao Tsze himself, the founder of Taoism.
Again the duke welcomed him to the capital, though it does not appear that he renewed his stipend, and even his consort Nan-tsze forgot for a while her intrigues and debaucheries at the news of his arrival.
Around the scanty utterances of Lao Tz[)u] or Lao-tsze (q.
The largest is the Ta-lu-tsze Hu, which lies in 37 deg.
Owing to rapids, it is unnavigable until it approaches the province of Ssu-ch'uan; but even in its short navigable course of over a hundred miles above its junction with the Yang-tsze it is an important trade highway.
The district city of Jung-ch'ang Hsien lies on the left bank of a tributary of the T'o River, which enters the Yang-tsze at the city of Lu Chou.
Travelling boats on the Upper Yang-tsze are, as a rule, very roomy and comfortable.
I am sorry that Mr Colquhoun has designated the part of Yün-nan, which I claim for the Yang-tsze route, barren.
Since 1869, our knowledge of the upper waters of the Yang-tsze has very much improved.
That night all the members of the Lao-tsze sect inhabiting prisons under the jurisdiction of the Principal Bonze were decapitated, and the P.
My gratitude won the women's confidence, and I learned that they were disciples of Lao-tsze who had repaired to the cavern to partake of the miraculous draught, which they were just about to do.
Chuang-tsze certainly passed, with the world, for a great philosopher, and a wonderful man.
In an instant Chuang-tsze sat, bolt upright, in his coffin!
He proclaimed himself to be of most honorable descent, and that he had, long before, declared to Chuang-tsze his design of becoming the pupil of that great philosopher.
Before many days, as I have stated, Chuang-tsze became suddenly and severely attacked, by some unaccountable disease.
Chuang-tsze took unto himself a wife, whose youth and beauty seduced him from the busy world.
Lao-tsze reproached the younger sage with pride and ostentation and vanity, affirming that philosophers loved retirement and seclusion, and made no boast of virtue and knowledge.
It speaks well for the good nature of Confucius that he replied to this tirade by highly commending Lao-tsze to his followers, and describing him as a dragon soaring to the clouds of Heaven, unsurpassed and unsurpassable.
On the way, the new brother pushes the husband overboard into the Yang-tsze and disappears with the wife, who shortly gives birth to a boy.
The man contented with his lot, a meal Of fish without Ho carp can make; Nor needs, to rest in his domestic joy, A Tsze of Sung as wife to take.
The Master said, 'Tsze must have reached a high pitch of excellence!
Lao-Tsze says again: "By undivided attention to the passion-nature and tenderness it is possible to be a little child.
The magistrate of Tsze ne, Yu che chang, ordered a certain Fei heung chow to make enquiries about the matter.
He remained at Kin kang (which is near Shaou wan hae), hid himself westerly of that place the whole day, and removed then to Tsze ne.
Yuen tsze supplied the defect I stated before, and anticipated what had occupied my mind for a long time.
Yuen tsze reported the memorable deed of the beautiful Mei ying at the end of the first book of his history.
On the first day of the seventh moon, O po tae came with about a hundred vessels and burnt the custom-house of Tsze ne.
The magistrate of Tsze ne, Yu che chang, took the government proclamation and went to the pirates to see how things stood.
Yuen tsze has overlooked nothing; and I dare to say, that all people will rejoice at the publication.
In the hands of Lao-Tsze this became the symbol of a great philosophical conception.
On this conception, which was much older than Lao Tsze himself, a kind of metaphysical mysticism was reared by later disciples, not without affinities with some aspects of the Brahmanical philosophy.
The place at which you find me is Hankow, on the great Yang Tsze Kiang, or river, some six hundred miles from its mouth.
Heaven is treated by Laou-tsze much in the same way as by Confucius, but with far more reserve.
Just as Confucius speaks of the Sage as being the equal of heaven, Laou-tsze says that he is the associate of heaven, and that he is heaven itself.
The only sound he utters is O-tsze (meaning red) which is the name for foxes.
De Groot quotes the old Chinese saying that the wild fox bears the name of Tsze (Red).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tsze" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
