Excerpt from Yin Chih Wen: The Tract of the Quiet Way With Extracts From the Chinese Commentary The word chih is used both as verb and as noun. As a verb it means to determine, to raise; as a noun it may be defined by principle, rule, method, dispensation, way. The word yin means in secret, either in the sense of unheeded or unostentatious. It also conveys the idea of any thing possessed with a deeper meaning, anything mys terious; and the two words together, yin chih, denote the quiet way of Heaven, which works out the ...
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Excerpt from Yin Chih Wen: The Tract of the Quiet Way With Extracts From the Chinese Commentary The word chih is used both as verb and as noun. As a verb it means to determine, to raise; as a noun it may be defined by principle, rule, method, dispensation, way. The word yin means in secret, either in the sense of unheeded or unostentatious. It also conveys the idea of any thing possessed with a deeper meaning, anything mys terious; and the two words together, yin chih, denote the quiet way of Heaven, which works out the ends of divine dispensation, invisibly yet unfailingly, to the awe and astonishment of every sapient observer, as says the Christian hymn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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