 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - China - 1879 - 302 pages
...relations not to mourn over that which was inevitable. On the subject of his funeral he declared, " I will have heaven and earth for my sarcophagus, the sun and moon shall be the insignia when I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners at my funeral." When his relatives remonstrated,... | |
 | C. E. van Kesteren, R. A. van Sandick, J. E. de Meyier - Indonesia - 1887 - 914 pages
...N° 92) en wanneer zij hadden voldaan aan zijn wensch in de volgende woorden uitgesproken: »I will Heaven and Earth for my sarcophagus; the sun and moon...all creation shall be the mourners of my funeral". Want onder den titel: «Bouw en begrafenissen" 8) in bovenbedoeld wetboek staat, blijkens de ondervolgende... | |
 | C. E. van Kesteren, R. A. van Sandick, J. E. de Meyier - Indonesia - 1887 - 890 pages
...in de volgende woorden uitgesproken: »I will Heaven and Earth for my sarcophagus; the sun and nu.mn shall be the insignia where I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners of my funeral". Want onder den titel: »Rouw en begrafenissen" 2) in bovenbedoeld wetboek staat, blijkens de ondervolgende... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - Confucianism - 1891 - 298 pages
...everything was a series of phantasms. He cared to live, but was indifferent to death ; for, he said, " I will have heaven and earth for my sarcophagus, the sun and moon shall be the insignia when I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners at my funeral." He did not object to his... | |
 | Religions - 1892 - 880 pages
...was to leave his corpse uninterred. " I will have Heaven and Earth for my sarcophagus," he said ; " the Sun and Moon shall be the insignia where I lie in state, and all Creation shall be mourners at my funeral." His friends implored him to forego this strange request, pointing out that... | |
 | Religions - 1892 - 850 pages
...leave his corpse uninterred. " I will have Heaven and Earth for my sarcophagus," he said ; " the Sim and Moon shall be the insignia where I lie in state, and all Creation shall be mourners at my funeral." His friends implored him to forego this strange request, pointing out that... | |
 | Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) - Bible - 1893 - 576 pages
...til w Cki S w H mentator on Laon-tze, the founder of Taouism, when speaking of his funeral, said : " I will have heaven and earth for my sarcophagus, the sun and moon shall be the insignia when I lie in state, and all creation shall be mourners at my funeral." Confucianism, by Prof. RK Douglas,... | |
 | James Dyer Ball - China - 1893 - 530 pages
...for life was quite compatible ° ° with an indifference for death.' Of his own funeral he said : — 'I will have heaven and earth for my sarcophagus, the sun and moon shall be the insignia when I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners at my funeral.' The mass of Chinese have... | |
 | John Fryer - Religion - 1900 - 160 pages
...life. He forbade them to inter his corpse saying : — " I will have Heaven and " earth for my tomb — the sun and moon shall be the insignia where " I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners at my funeral." When his relatives remonstrated, saying that the birds of the air would tear his corpse,... | |
 | James Dyer Ball - Buddha (The concept) - 1906 - 276 pages
...for,' yet this 'was quite compatible with an indifference for death.' As to his own death he said, ' I will have heaven and earth for my sarcophagus, the sun and moon shall be the insignia when I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners at my funeral.' It is not till the time... | |
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His friends implored him to forego this strange request, pointing out that the birds would mutilate his corpse ; but he replied, " What matters that ? Above are the birds of the air, below are the worms and ants; if you rob one to feed the other, what... 
