Tao Li the Rule of the Well Ordered Man Receintly the widely read "Shun Pao" gave fts readers a homily on "right and reason." English verds Chinese are built are spelled out with letters but
symbols. In reading these symbole fa one does not, necessarily, think of the etymology of the component. parts any-more than in reading English we think of the derivation each separate word. In both eases we usually understand the word in its common oF accepted meaning, But occasionally analyse the construction of a wont in order to get a more accurate understanding of the verse in which it is used, The Chinese word Mtao", here translated "right," is written "with BS Set yg" <2shecsi a radical that indicates motion or distance. The original meaning of the character was this it came to mean the way."
The right way; and therefore, right, reason, principle and a dozen relat" ed terms according to the connection which it" i used, The word "a0" translated "reason", takes the gem radical. Tt therefore suggests elegance" or, as gems have a grain, or striae, in' their composition, means "ordered!" arranged,, govern= etc, again, according to' the connection in which it is found. The two words when joined together, they often are, "tso-i" mean abstract ight, whit is fitting or, in the Chinese New Testament, "doctrine" Having now, got our terms defined we proceed" to translate. our a homily.
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