The Sacred Edict; with a Translation of the Colloquial Rendering
Translated by F. W. Baller
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CHAPTER I " Enforce dufcoii$)ie.yx and subordination, so (is to emphasize social obligations''
“Enforce dufcoii$)ie.yx and subordination, so (is to emphasize social obligations”
Introduction.
1. The meaning of the Emperor; (he) says:-— Our Imperial Ancestor, the Benevolent Emperor ruled the empire for sixty-one years. Those G he held in the highest esteem were his ancestors; consequently he exhorted everybody to duteousness and subordination. Hence, in the sixteen sections of the Sacred Edict, duteousness and subordination are first in order.
Definition of Duteousness.
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About this edition
- The words
- F. W. Baller's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 42 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 38 places
- An owner's name written in the scanned copy (“P. JONES”)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- The library's accession stamps (“65-3553”, “OCT-51965”) (3 blocks)
- ... and 269 more kinds of left-out material, listed in the edition record