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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...That is the question." In Hong Kong, I asked a Chinese what the Chinese thought of the Japanese. He replied "Chinaman think Japanman no got proper savvy box." I notice the American public has been indulging freely in Confucian sayings. How is this one? Confucius says Chinese read from right to left, while American read from left to right. American say "hell-o," Chinese say "O-hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 5, 1940 | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

...grandson of Founder Henry's brother. He hardened files, sharpened saws, etc., for eleven years before the family let him out of the shops. Thoroughly acquainted with every angle of the vast business, he carries a black card in his pocket which, lettered in Chinese, he translates as: CONFUCIUS SAY DISSTON HAS THE EDGE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: 100,000,000 Saws | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

...Confucius-Maurois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Confucius Say | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

Because the Chinese Government has declared Confucius a national rather than a religious hero, the Vatican gave its missionaries and faithful (3,000,000 Chinese) per mission to join in ceremonial rites honoring the patron saint of China's State religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 4, 1940 | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

...young men were arrested, arraigned, fined $16,000. Court records did not list the name of Prince David; but last week British authorities admitted unofficially that David Kung had been politely but firmly asked to leave Hong Kong just after the raid. He went briefly to Manila, then disappeared. Confucius really did say: "While one's parents are alive, one should not travel to a distance; if one must travel, it should be in a fixed direction." Dopesters guessed Prince David had fixed his direction for his father's mountain hideout at South Hot Spring, near Chungking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Kung Fu-tze Say | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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