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
【第二章】【一節】克、伐、怨、欲、不行焉、可以為仁矣。【二節】子曰、
可以為難矣、仁則吾不知也。
【第三章】子曰、士而懷居、不足以為士矣。
【第四章】子曰、邦有道、危言危行、邦無道、危行言孫。
【第五章】子曰、有德者、必有言、有言者、不必有德、仁者、必有勇、勇
者、不必有仁。
CHAP. II. 1. 'When the love of superiority, boasting,
resentments, and covetousness are repressed, this may be
deemed perfect virtue.'
2. The Master said, 'This may be regarded as the
achievement of what is difficult. But I do not know that it is to
be deemed perfect virtue.'
CHAP. III. The Master said, 'The scholar who cherishes
the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.'
CHAP. IV. The Master said, 'When good government
prevails in a state, language may be lofty and bold, and actions
the same. When bad government prevails, the actions may be
lofty and bold, but the language may be with some reserve.'
CHAP. V. The Master said, 'The virtuous will be sure to
speak correctly, but those whose speech is good may not
always be virtuous. Men of principle are sure to be bold, but
those who are bold may not always be men of principle.'
【第六章】南宮适問於孔子曰、羿善射、奡盪舟、俱不得其死然、禹稷躬稼、
而有天下夫子不答。南宮适出。子曰、君子哉若人、尚德哉若人。
【第七章】子曰、君子而不仁者有矣夫、未有小人而仁者也。
CHAP. VI. Nan-kung Kwo, submitting an inquiry to
Confucius, said, 'I was skillful at archery, and Ao could move a
boat along upon the land, but neither of them died a natural
death. Yu and Chi personally wrought at the toils of husbandry,
and they became possessors of the kingdom.' The Master made
no reply; but when Nan-kung Kwo went out, he said, 'A
superior man indeed is this! An esteemer of virtue indeed is
this!'
CHAP. VII. The Master said, 'Superior men, and yet not
always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there never has
been a mean man, and, at the same time, virtuous.'
【第八章】子曰、愛之、能勿勞乎、忠焉、能勿誨乎。
【第九章】子曰、為命、裨諶草創之、世叔討論之、行人子羽修飾之、東里
子產潤色之。
【第十章】【一節】或問子產。子曰、惠人也。【二節】問子西。曰、彼哉
彼哉。【三節】問管仲。曰、人也、奪伯氏駢邑三百、飯疏食、沒齒、
CHAP. VIII. The Master said, 'Can there be love which
does not lead to strictness with its object? Can there be loyalty
which does not lead to the instruction of its object?'
CHAP. IX. The Master said, 'In preparing the
governmental notifications, P'i Shan first made the rough
draught; Shi-shu examined and discussed its contents; Tsze-yu,
the manager of Foreign intercourse, then polished the style;
and, finally, Tsze-ch'an of Tung-li gave it the proper elegance
and finish.'
CHAP. X. 1. Some one asked about Tsze-ch'an. The Master
said, 'He was a kind man.'
2. He asked about Tsze-hsi. The Master said, 'That man!
That man!'
3. He asked about Kwan Chung. 'For him,' said the Master,
'the city of Pien, with three hundred families, was taken from
the chief of the Po family, who did not utter a murmuring
word, though, to the end of his life, he had only coarse rice to
eat.'
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