Assignment 3: Course Journal By James Peavoy 981193260 For McMurtry Chinese Philosophy April 10, 2000 “Wishing to establish his own character, the sage establishes the character of others.” – Analects 6:28 The sage leads by example. When the sage is a picture of virtue then others will follow. “The Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao.” – The Lao Tzu ch. 1 The Tao is the eternal way of the universe and language is inadequate to describe it. The …showed first 75 words of 1544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1544 total…enjoy universal peace. Eighth, do away with the distinction between species so we may love all sentient beings. And ninth, do away with the sphere of suffering so happiness may reach its height. (Book of Great Unity, Peking, 1956, pp. 51-52) When we have done this we will then be in the age of Great Unity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography The Book of Mencius (1B:5), Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy, ed. Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963, p. 61.