Term Translation Year
qianjing
虔敬
reverence 1936
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Chinese

至於虔敬的表示, 有祕魯人和亞士德人的以人為犧牲, 有東方若干宗教縱淫的祭祀; 有作法驅邪和齋戒沐浴; 有希伯來先知謙卑的懺悔; 有希臘羅馬教會的繁文縟節.

English translation

Reverence has been expressed in the human sacrifices of the Peruvians and Aztecs; the sexual orgies of some Oriental religions; exorcisms and ablutions; the offering of the humble and contrite mind of the Hebrew prophet, the elaborate rituals of the Greek and Roman churches.

Source

Wu Yaozong (trans.) 1936, 5

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