LECTURE III

HOLINESS.

Perfection in universalistic virtue is holiness, divinity, ‘reality’, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, Magic.

Classical wisdom as sources of virtue in the Confucian system. The position of the Classics for China’s culture, religion, ethics, and politics. Virtue and wisdom of the Emperor.

The saints of Confucian China. Holiness and divinity of the emperor and

his government.