The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects — John Shaqi
The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian AnalectsLegge, James
Religion
The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects
Legge, James
China -- History; China -- Maps; Chinese literature; Chinese literature -- Translations into English
益之。【二節】子曰、非吾徒也、小子、鳴鼓而攻之可也。
【十七章】【一節】柴也愚。【二節】參也魯。【三節】師也辟。【四節】
由也喭。
【十八章】【一節】子曰、回也奇庶乎屢空。【二節】賜不受命、而貨殖焉、
億則屢中。
【十九章】子張問善人之
2. The Master said, 'He is no disciple of mine. My little
children, beat the drum and assail him.'
CHAP. XVII. 1. Ch'ai is simple.
2. Shan is dull.
3. Shih is specious.
4. Yu is coarse.
CHAP. XVIII. 1. The Master said, 'There is Hui! He has
nearly attained to perfect virtue. He is often in want.
2. 'Ts'ze does not acquiesce in the appointments of
Heaven, and his goods are increased by him. Yet his judgments
are often correct.'
CHAP. XIX. Tsze-chang asked what were the
characteristics of
道。子曰、不踐(ji1、迂+亦、與跡同)、亦不入於室。
【二十章】子曰、論篤是與、君子者乎、色莊者乎。
【廿一章】子路問聞斯行諸。子曰、有父兄在、如之何其聞斯行之。冉有問
聞斯行諸。子曰、聞斯行之。公西華曰、由也問聞斯行諸、子曰、有父兄在、
求也
the GOOD man. The Master said, 'He does not tread in the
footsteps of others, but moreover, he does not enter the
chamber of the sage.'
CHAP. XX. The Master said, 'If, because a man's discourse
appears solid and sincere, we allow him to be a good man, is he
really a superior man? or is his gravity only in appearance?'
CHAP. XXI. Tsze-lu asked whether he should immediately
carry into practice what he heard. The Master said, 'There are
your father and elder brothers to be consulted;-- why should
you act on that principle of immediately carrying into practice
what you hear?' Zan Yu asked the same, whether he should
immediately carry into practice what he heard, and the Master
answered, 'Immediately carry into practice what you hear.'
Kung-hsi Hwa said, 'Yu asked whether he should carry
immediately into practice what he heard, and you said, "There
are your father and elder brothers to be consulted." Ch'iu asked
whether he should immediately carry into practice what he
heard, and you said, "Carry it immediately into practice." I,
Ch'ih, am perplexed, and venture to ask you for an explanation.'
The Master said, 'Ch'iu is retiring and slow; therefore,
問聞斯行諸、子曰、聞斯行之、赤也感、敢問。子曰、求也退、故進之、由
也兼人、故退之。
【廿二章】子畏於匡、顏淵後、子曰、吾以女為死矣。曰、子在、回何敢死。
【廿三章】【一節】李子然問仲由冉求、可謂大臣與。【二節】子曰、吾以
子為異之問、曾由與求之問。【三節】所謂大臣者、以道事君、不可則止。
【四節】今由
I urged him forward. Yu has more than his own share of
energy; therefore I kept him back.'
CHAP. XXII. The Master was put in fear in K'wang and
Yen Yuan fell behind. The Master, on his rejoining him, said, 'I
thought you had died.' Hui replied, 'While you were alive, how
should I presume to die?'
CHAP. XXIII. 1. Chi Tsze-zan asked whether Chung Yu and
Zan Ch'iu could be called great ministers.
2. The Master said, 'I thought you would ask about some
extraordinary individuals, and you only ask about Yu and Ch'iu!
3. 'What is called a great minister, is one who serves his
prince according to what is right, and when he finds he cannot
do so, retires.
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