Confucianism and Christianity: The First Encounter

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CONFUCIANISM AND CHRISTIANITY THE FIRST ENCOUNTER JOHN D. YOUNG lll.ul明 11 \ 1 盟'.-， 1卓越 11 HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS @ Hong Kong University Press, 1983 ISBN 962一209一037-0 Published with a grant from the Interchange for Pacific Scholarship, U.S.A Printed by Kings Time Printing Press Ltd. 3, Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon To my 均mily Confucian Analects To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting ghosts and spirits, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom; While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits? . . . while you do not know life, how can you know about death? Book 6, Chapter 20; Book 11 , Chapter 11 St. John Verily, verily, 1say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth in Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. Chapter 5:24 ...