The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian AnalectsLegge, James
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The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects
Legge, James
China -- History; China -- Maps; Chinese literature; Chinese literature -- Translations into English
市脯不食。【六節】不撤薑食。【七節】不多食。【八節】祭於公、不宿肉。
祭肉不出三日、出三日、不食之矣。【九節】食不語、寢不言。【十節】雖
疏食菜羹、瓜祭、必齊如也。
【第九章】席不正不坐。
【第十章】【一節】鄉人飲酒、杖者出、斯出矣。【二節】鄉人儺、朝服而
立於阼階。
6. He was never without ginger when he ate.
7. He did not eat much.
8. When he had been assisting at the prince's sacrifice, he
did not keep the flesh which he received overnight. The flesh
of his family sacrifice he did not keep over three days. If kept
over three days, people could not eat it.
9. When eating, he did not converse. When in bed, he did
not speak.
10. Although his food might be coarse rice and vegetable
soup, he would offer a little of it in sacrifice with a grave,
respectful air.
CHAP. IX. If his mat was not straight, he did not sit on it.
CHAP. X. 1. When the villagers were drinking together, on
those who carried staffs going out, he went out immediately
after.
2. When the villagers were going through their
ceremonies to drive away pestilential influences, he put on his
court robes and stood on the eastern steps.
【十一章】【一節】問人於他邦、再拜而送之。【二節】康子饋藥、拜而受
之、曰、丘未達、不敢嘗。
【十二章】廄焚、子退朝、曰、傷人乎、不問馬。
【十三章】【一節】君賜食、必正席、先嘗之、君賜腥、必熟而薦之、君賜
生、必畜之。【二節】侍食於君、
CHAP. XI. 1. When he was sending complimentary
inquiries to any one in another State, he bowed twice as he
escorted the messenger away.
2. Chi K'ang having sent him a present of physic, he
bowed and received it, saying, 'I do not know it. I dare not
taste it.'
CHAP. XII. The stable being burned down, when he was
at court, on his return he said, 'Has any man been hurt?' He did
not ask about the horses.
CHAP. XIII. 1. When the prince sent him a gift of cooked
meat, he would adjust his mat, first taste it, and then give it
away to others. When the prince sent him a gift of undressed
meat, he would have it cooked, and offer it to the spirits of his
ancestors. When the prince sent him a gift of a living animal, he
would keep it alive.
2. When he was in attendance on the prince and joining
in the entertainment, the prince only sacrificed. He first tasted
everything.
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