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
與求也、可謂具臣矣。【五節】曰、然則從之者與。【六節】子曰、弒父與
君、亦不從也。
【廿四章】【一節】子路使子羔為費宰。【二節】子曰、賊夫人之子。【三
節】子路曰、有民人焉、有社稷焉、何必讀書、然後為學。【四節】子曰、
是故惡夫佞者。
【廿五章】【一節】子路、曾(上析、下日、與晰同)、冉有、公西華、侍坐。
【二節】子曰、以吾一日
4. 'Now, as to Yu and Ch'iu, they may be called ordinary
ministers.'
5. Tsze-zan said, 'Then they will always follow their
chief;-- will they?'
6. The Master said, 'In an act of parricide or regicide, they
would not follow him.'
CHAP. XXIV. 1. Tsze-lu got Tsze-kao appointed governor
of Pi.
2. The Master said, 'You are injuring a man's son.'
3. Tsze-lu said, 'There are (there) common people and
officers; there are the altars of the spirits of the land and grain.
Why must one read books before he can be considered to have
learned?'
4. The Master said, 'It is on this account that I hate your
glib-tongued people.'
CHAP. XXV. 1. Tsze-lu, Tsang Hsi, Zan Yu, and Kung-hsi
Hwa were sitting by the Master.
2. He said to them, 'Though I am a day or so older than
you, do not think of that.
長乎爾、毋吾以也。【三節】居則曰、不吾知也、如或知爾、則何以哉。【四
節】子路率爾而對曰、千乘之國、攝乎大國之閒、加之以師旅、因之以饑饉、
由也為之、比及三年、可使有勇、且知方也。夫子哂之。【五節】求、爾何
如。對曰、方六七十、如五六十、求也為之、比及三年、可使足民、如其禮
樂、以
3. 'From day to day you are saying, "We are not known."
If some ruler were to know you, what would you like to do?'
4. Tsze-lu hastily and lightly replied, 'Suppose the case of
a State of ten thousand chariots; let it be straitened between
other large States; let it be suffering from invading armies; and
to this let there be added a famine in corn and in all
vegetables:-- if I were intrusted with the government of it, in
three years' time I could make the people to be bold, and to
recognise the rules of righteous conduct.' The Master smiled at
him.
5. Turning to Yen Yu, he said, 'Ch'iu, what are your
wishes?' Ch'iu replied, 'Suppose a state of sixty or seventy li
square, or one of fifty or sixty, and let me have the government
of it;-- in three years' time, I could make plenty to abound
among the people. As to teaching them the principles of
propriety, and music, I must wait for the rise of a superior man
to do that.'
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