Q0212

Qian Mu

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English

Toward the past history of one’s own country, one should hold a warmth of feeling and a sense of respect.
Thinker Qian Mu
School Cultural Philosophy
Source Outline of National History, Introduction
Theme Time
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Source context

This English passage is associated with Outline of National History, Introduction, within the tradition of Cultural Philosophy. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of time, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Qian Mu's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Qian Mu. (n.d.). Toward the past history of one’s own country, one should hold a warmth of feeling and a sense of respect. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0212

MLA: Qian Mu. “Toward the past history of one’s own country,….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0212.

Chicago: Qian Mu. “Toward the past history of one’s own country,….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0212.

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  1. Upon those who step into the same rivers, different and different waters flow.
  2. All else belongs to others; time alone is ours.
  3. Claim yourself for yourself.
  4. What then is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain it to one who asks, I do not know.
  5. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.

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