Gu Jin Xing Shi Zu Pu

by Herbert Allen Giles

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. ... 1431 Lu Shih-i |g| ftf; % (T. H. ^t). 17th cent. A.D. A native of T'ai-ts'ang in Kiangsu. In his youth he devoted his energies to Buddhism and alchemy; but he ultimately abandoned these for Confucianism, to which he gave thirty years of unremitting toil. Failing to obtain employment under the Mings, as soon as the Manchus came into power he resolutely refused all such offers, and became a public teacher of philosophy. He was the author of *ne ,f§> ffif a work on the education of the mind from early childhood up to the attainment of wisdom. In 1874 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple. 1432 Lu T'an-wei 4th cent. A.D. An artist of Kiangsu, who delighted in drawing the sages and worthies of antiquity and was taken under the patronage of the Emperor Ming Ti of the Eastern Chin dynasty. 1433 Lu Tien |£| fffl (T. Hgjfi). A.D. 1042-1102. A native of Chehkiang, of a poor family. He became first a disciple, and afterwards au opponent, of Wang An-shih. He rose to high office, and was distinguished as an author, especially by his works on Ceremonies. 1434 Lu To-hsun J|| % jg|. Died A.D. 986. A native of Ho-nei in Honan, who graduated as chin shih in 955, and rose by 979 to be President of the Board of War. He was a very able man, but he managed to incur the hatred of Chao P'u and was banished, on the score of political intrigue, to Yai-chou in Kuangtung, where he died. 1435 Lu Ts'ang-yung JFj| ffi (T. -^-fH). 7th and 8th cent. A.D. A native of Fan-yang in Chihli, whose father was an official and had gained the nickname of ^ J^? . Skilful at composition, he went up for his chin shih degree; but failing to pass, he retired with his brother to the mountains, where they lived as hermits and studied the art of existing without...

306 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 2012

About the author

Educated at Charterhouse, Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and author of books on China and the Far East. He served as British Vice-consul at Pagoda Island from 1880 to 1883 and at Shanghai from 1883 to 1885. He then became Consul at Tamsui in 1885 and in 1891 at Ningpo. He taught Chinese at Cambridge and, in 1902, became a senior lecturer at Columbia University. His works include Chinese Sketches (1876), Historic China (1882), The Remains of Lao Tzu (1886), China and the Chinese (1902), The Civilization of China (1911), Confucianism and Its Rivals (1915) and The Second Hundred Best Characters (1922).