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
樂道人之善、樂多賢友、益矣。樂驕樂、樂佚遊、樂宴樂、損矣。
【第六章】孔子曰、侍於君子有三愆、言未及之而言、謂之躁、言及之而不
言、謂之隱、未見顏色而言、謂之瞽。
【第七章】孔子曰、君子有三戒、少之時、血氣未定、戒之
speaking of the goodness of others; to find enjoyment in having
many worthy friends:-- these are advantageous. To find
enjoyment in extravagant pleasures; to find enjoyment in
idleness and sauntering; to find enjoyment in the pleasures of
feasting:-- these are injurious.'
CHAP. VI. Confucius said, 'There are three errors to which
they who stand in the presence of a man of virtue and station
are liable. They may speak when it does not come to them to
speak;-- this is called rashness. They may not speak when it
comes to them to speak;-- this is called concealment. They may
speak without looking at the countenance of their superior;--
this is called blindness.'
CHAP. VII. Confucius said, 'There are three things which
the superior man guards against. In youth, when the physical
powers
在色、及其壯也、血氣方剛、戒之在鬥、及其老也、血氣既衰、戒之在得。
【第八章】【一節】孔子曰、君子有三畏、畏天命、畏大人、畏聖人之言。
【二節】小人不知天命、而不畏也、狎大人、侮聖人之言。
【第九章】孔子曰、生而知之者、上也、學而知之者、次也、
are not yet settled, he guards against lust. When he is strong
and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against
quarrelsomeness. When he is old, and the animal powers are
decayed, he guards against covetousness.'
CHAP. VIII. 1. Confucius said, 'There are three things of
which the superior man stands in awe. He stands in awe of the
ordinances of Heaven. He stands in awe of great men. He stands
in awe of the words of sages.
2. 'The mean man does not know the ordinances of
Heaven, and consequently does not stand in awe of them. He is
disrespectful to great men. He makes sport of the words of
sages.'
CHAP. IX. Confucius said, 'Those who are born with the
possession of knowledge are the highest class of men. Those
who learn, and so, readily, get possession of knowledge, are the
next.
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