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CHINESE MAXIMS.
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| liĕ | 力。 | strength; |
| jĕ | 日 | days, time |
| kew | 久 | long, |
| kien | 見 | see |
| jin | 人 | man's |
| sin. | 心。 | heart |
III.
The spontaneous gifts of heaven are of high value; but the strength of perseverance gains the prize.
| T'hien | 天 | Heaven's |
| tsze | 資 | gifts |
| kaou, | 高 | high: (but) |
| hiŏ | 學 | learning's |
| liĕ | 力 | strength |
| taou. | 到。 | reaches, attains. |
IV.
The generations of men follow each other, as the waves in a swollen river.[1]
| Chang | 長 | Swollen |
- ↑ " Ut unda impellitur undâ,
"Urgeturque prior veniente, urgetque priorem."
