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
曰、有心哉、擊磬乎。【二節】既、而曰、鄙哉、硜硜乎、莫己知也、斯已
而已矣、深則厲、淺則揭。【三節】子曰、果哉、末之難矣。
【四三章】【一節】子張曰、書云、高宗諒陰三年不言、何謂也。【二節】
子曰、何必高宗、古之人皆然、君薨、百官總己、以聽於冢宰、三年。
of the house where Confucius was, and said, 'His heart is full
who so beats the musical stone.'
2. A little while after, he added, 'How contemptible is the
one-ideaed obstinacy those sounds display! When one is taken
no notice of, he has simply at once to give over his wish for
public employment. "Deep water must be crossed with the
clothes on; shallow water may be crossed with the clothes held
up."'
3. The Master said, 'How determined is he in his purpose!
But this is not difficult!'
CHAP. XLIII. 1. Tsze-chang said, 'What is meant when the
Shu says that Kao-tsung, while observing the usual imperial
mourning, was for three years without speaking?'
2. The Master said, 'Why must Kao-tsung be referred to
as an example of this? The ancients all did so. When the
sovereign died, the officers all attended to their several duties,
taking instructions from the prime minister for three years.'
【四四章】子曰、上好禮、則民易使也。
【四五章】子路問君子、子曰、修己以敬。曰、如斯而已乎。曰、修己以安
人、曰、如斯而已乎。曰、修己以安百姓。修己以安百姓、堯舜其猶病諸。
【四六章】原壤夷俟、子曰、幼
CHAP. XLIV. The Master said, 'When rulers love to
observe the rules of propriety, the people respond readily to
the calls on them for service.'
CHAP. XLV. Tsze-lu asked what constituted the superior
man. The Master said, 'The cultivation of himself in reverential
carefulness.' 'And is this all?' said Tsze-lu. 'He cultivates
himself so as to give rest to others,' was the reply. 'And is this
all?' again asked Tsze-lu. The Master said, 'He cultivates
himself so as to give rest to all the people. He cultivates himself
so as to give rest to all the people:-- even Yao and Shun were
still solicitous about this.'
CHAP. XLVI. Yuan Zang was squatting on his heels, and
而不孫弟、長而無述焉、老而不死、是為賊。以杖叩其脛。
【四七章】【一節】闕黨童子將命、或問之曰、益者與。【二節】子曰、吾
見其居於位也、見其與先生並行也、非求益者也、欲速成者也。
so waited the approach of the Master, who said to him, 'In
youth not humble as befits a junior; in manhood, doing nothing
worthy of being handed down; and living on to old age:-- this is
to be a pest.' With this he hit him on the shank with his staff.
CHAP. XLVI. 1. A youth of the village of Ch'ueh was
employed by Confucius to carry the messages between him and
his visitors. Some one asked about him, saying, 'I suppose he
has made great progress.'
2. The Master said, 'I observe that he is fond of occupying
the seat of a full-grown man; I observe that he walks shoulder
to shoulder with his elders. He is not one who is seeking to
make progress in learning. He wishes quickly to become a man.'
衛靈公第十五
BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG.
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