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
【第九章】【一節】顏淵死、子哭之慟、從者曰、子慟矣。【二節】曰、有
慟乎。【三節】非夫人之為慟而誰為。
【第十章】【一節】顏淵死、門人欲厚葬之。子曰、不可。【二節】門人厚
葬之。【三節】子曰、回也、視予猶父也、予不得視猶子也、非我也、夫二
三子也。
【十一章】李路問事鬼神。子曰、未能事人、焉能事鬼。敢
CHAP. IX. 1. When Yen Yuan died, the Master bewailed
him exceedingly, and the disciples who were with him said,
'Master, your grief is excessive?'
2. 'Is it excessive?' said he.
3. 'If I am not to mourn bitterly for this man, for whom
should I mourn?'
CHAP. X. 1. When Yen Yuan died, the disciples wished to
give him a great funeral, and the Master said, 'You may not do
so.'
2. The disciples did bury him in great style.
3. The Master said, 'Hui behaved towards me as his
father. I have not been able to treat him as my son. The fault is
not mine; it belongs to you, O disciples.'
CHAP. XI. Chi Lu asked about serving the spirits of the
dead. The Master said, 'While you are not able to serve men,
how can you serve their spirits?' Chi Lu added, 'I venture to
ask about
問死。曰、未知生、焉知死。
【十二章】【一節】閔子侍側、誾誾如也、子路行行如也、冉有、子貢、侃
侃如也。子樂。【二節】若由也、不得其死然。
【十三章】【一節】魯人為長府。【二節】閔子騫曰、仍舊貫、如之何、何
必改作。【三節】子曰、夫人不言、言必有中。
death?' He was answered, 'While you do not know life, how can
you know about death?'
CHAP. XII. 1. The disciple Min was standing by his side,
looking bland and precise; Tsze-lu, looking bold and soldierly;
Zan Yu and Tsze-kung, with a free and straightforward manner.
The Master was pleased.
2. He said, 'Yu, there!-- he will not die a natural death.'
CHAP. XIII. 1. Some parties in Lu were going to take
down and rebuild the Long Treasury.
2. Min Tsze-ch'ien said, 'Suppose it were to be repaired
after its old style;-- why must it be altered and made anew?'
3. The Master said, 'This man seldom speaks; when he
does, he is sure to hit the point.'
【十四章】【一節】子曰、由之瑟、奚為於丘之門。【二節】門人不敬子路。
子曰、由也、升堂矣、未入於室也。
【十五章】【一節】子貢問師與商也孰賢。子曰、師也過、商也不及。【二
節】曰、然則師愈與。【三節】子曰、過猶不及。
【十六章】【一節】李氏富於周公、而求也為之聚斂而附
CHAP. XIV. 1. The Master said, 'What has the lute of Yu to
do in my door?'
2. The other disciples began not to respect Tsze-lu. The
Master said, 'Yu has ascended to the hall, though he has not yet
passed into the inner apartments.'
CHAP. XV. 1. Tsze-kung asked which of the two, Shih or
Shang, was the superior. The Master said, 'Shih goes beyond the
due mean, and Shang does not come up to it.'
2. 'Then,' said Tsze-kung, 'the superiority is with Shih, I
suppose.'
3. The Master said, 'To go beyond is as wrong as to fall
short.'
CHAP. XVI. 1. The head of the Chi family was richer than
the duke of Chau had been, and yet Ch'iu collected his imposts
for him, and increased his wealth.
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