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
以成之、君子哉。
【十八章】子曰、君子病無能焉、不病人之不己知也。
【十九章】子曰、君子疾沒世、而名不稱焉。
【二十章】子曰、君子求諸己、小人求諸人。
【廿一章】子曰、君子矜而不爭、群而不黨。
【廿二章】子曰、君子不以言舉人、不以
CHAP. XVIII. The Master said, 'The superior man is
distressed by his want of ability. He is not distressed by men's
not knowing him.'
CHAP. XIX. The Master said, 'The superior man dislikes
the thought of his name not being mentioned after his death.'
CHAP. XX. The Master said, 'What the superior man seeks,
is in himself. What the mean man seeks, is in others.'
CHAP. XXI. The Master said, 'The superior man is
dignified, but does not wrangle. He is sociable, but not a
partizan.'
CHAP. XXII. The Master said, 'The superior man does not
promote a man simply on account of his words, nor does he put
aside good words because of the man.'
人廢言。
【廿三章】子貢問曰、有一言、而可以終身行之者乎。子曰、其恕乎、己所
不欲、勿施於
人。
【廿四章】【一節】子曰、吾之於人也誰毀、誰譽、如有所譽者、其有所試
矣。【二節】斯民也、三代之所以直道而行也。
【廿五章】子曰、吾猶及史之闕文也、有馬者、借人乘之、今亡矣夫。
CHAP. XXIII. Tsze-kung asked, saying, 'Is there one word
which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?' The
Master said, 'Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not
want done to yourself, do not do to others.'
CHAP. XXIV. 1. The Master said, 'In my dealings with
men, whose evil do I blame, whose goodness do I praise,
beyond what is proper? If I do sometimes exceed in praise,
there must be ground for it in my examination of the
individual.
2. 'This people supplied the ground why the three
dynasties pursued the path of straightforwardness.'
CHAP. XXV. The Master said, 'Even in my early days, a
historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who
had a horse would lend him to another to ride. Now, alas! there
are no such things.'
【廿六章】子曰、巧言亂德、小不忍、則亂大謀。
【廿七章】子曰、眾惡之、必察焉、眾好之、必察焉。
【廿八章】子曰、人能弘道、非道弘人。
【廿九章】子曰、過而不改、是謂過矣。
【三十章】子曰、吾嘗終日
CHAP. XXVI. The Master said, 'Specious words confound
virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great
plans.'
CHAP. XXVII. The Master said, 'When the multitude hate
a man, it is necessary to examine into the case. When the
multitude like a man, it is necessary to examine into the case.'
CHAP. XXVIII. The Master said, 'A man can enlarge the
principles which he follows; those principles do not enlarge the
man.'
CHAP. XXIX. The Master said, 'To have faults and not to
reform them,-- this, indeed, should be pronounced having
faults.'
CHAP. XXX. The Master said, 'I have been the whole day
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