正文 chapter 18

But then you will remember I told you that the works of really great men in literature, such as the poetry of Homer, ot reach the mass of mankind, because all great men in literature speak the language of educated men which the mass of mankind ot uand. Such being the case, how thehe system of the teags of fucius, fuism, the State Religion in a, awaken and kindle in the mass of mankind, in the mass of the population in a, the inspiration or liviion necessary to enable and make them obey the rules of moral duow, I told you that the anisation iate Religion of fucius in a corresponding to the Church of the Church Religion in other tries, is the School. But that is not quite correct. The real anisation iate Religion of fucius in a correspondily to the Church of the Church Religion in other tries is_the Family. The real Church_of which the School is but an adjunct_the real and true Church of the State Religion of fucius in a, is the Family with its aral tablet or chapel in every house, and its aral Hall or Temple in every village and town. I have shown you that the source of inspiration, the real motive power by which all the great Religions of the world are able to make men, to make the mass of mankind obey the rules of moral duct, is the feeling aion of unbounded admiration, love ahusiasm which it is the fun of the Church to excite and arouse in men for the first Teachers and Founders of thions. Now the source of inspiration, the real motive power by which the State Religion of fucius in a is able to make men, to enable and make the mass of the population in a obey the rules of moral duct is the " Love for their father and mother." The Church of the Church Religion, Christianity, says: "Love Christ." The Church of the State Religion of fucius in a_the aral tablet in every family_says "Love your father and your mother. " St. Paul says:_"Let every man that he name of Christ depart from iniquity. " But the author of the book on Filial Piety(^^), written in the Han dynasty, the terpart of the lm.ita.tio Christi in a, says: "Let everyone who loves his father and mother depart from iniquity. " In short, as the essehe motive power, the source of real inspiration of the Church religion, Christianity, is the Love of Christ, so the essehe motive power, the source of real inspiration of the State Religion, fuism in a, is the "Love of father and mother"_ Filial Piety, with its cult of aor worship.

fucius says: "To gather in the same place where our fathers before us have gathered; to perform the same ceremonies which they before us have performed; to play the same music which they before us have played: to pay respect to those whom they hoo love those who were dear to them; in fact, to serve them now dead as if they were living, and now departed, as if they were still with us, that is the highest achievement of Filial Piety." fucius, further says:_"By cultivating respect for the dead, and carrying the memory back to the distant past, the good in the people will grow deep. " Cogitavi dies antiques, et anernos ii habui. That is how the State Religion in a, fuism, awakens and kindles ihe inspiration or liviion necessary to enable and make them obey the rules of moral duct, the highest and most important of all these rules being the absolute Duty of Loyalty to the Emperor, just as the highest and most important rules of moral du all the Great Religions of the world is fear of God. In other words, the Church Religion, Christianity, says:_"Fear God

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