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
【第八章】【一節】子曰、由也、女聞六言六蔽矣乎。對曰、未也。【二節】
居、吾語女。【三節】好仁不好學、其蔽也愚、好智不好學、其蔽也蕩、好
信不好學、其蔽也賊、好直不好學、其蔽也絞、好勇不好學、其蔽也亂、好
剛不好學、其蔽也狂。
CHAP. VIII. 1. The Master said, 'Yu, have you heard the
six words to which are attached six becloudings?' Yu replied, 'I
have not.'
2. 'Sit down, and I will tell them to you.
3. 'There is the love of being benevolent without the love
of learning;-- the beclouding here leads to a foolish simplicity.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning;-- the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. There is the love
of being sincere without the love of learning;-- the beclouding
here leads to an injurious disregard of consequences. There is
the love of straightforwardness without the love of learning;--
the beclouding here leads to rudeness. There is the love of
boldness without the love of learning;-- the beclouding here
leads to insubordination. There is the love of firmness without
the love of learning;-- the beclouding here leads to extravagant
conduct.'
【第九章】【一節】子曰、小子、何莫學夫詩。【二節】詩可以興。【三節】
可以觀。【四節】可以群。【五節】可以怨。【六節】邇之事父、遠之事君。
【七節】多識於鳥獸草木之名。
【第十章】子謂伯魚曰、女為周南召南矣乎、人而不為周南召南、其猶正牆
面而立也與。
CHAP. IX. 1. The Master said, 'My children, why do you
not study the Book of Poetry?
2. 'The Odes serve to stimulate the mind.
3. 'They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation.
4. 'They teach the art of sociability.
5. 'They show how to regulate feelings of resentment.
6. 'From them you learn the more immediate duty of
serving one's father, and the remoter one of serving one's
prince.
7. 'From them we become largely acquainted with the
names of birds, beasts, and plants.'
CHAP. X. The Master said to Po-yu, 'Do you give yourself
to the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not
studied the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who stands
with his face right against a wall. Is he not so?'
【十一章】子曰、禮云禮云、玉帛云乎哉、樂云樂云、鍾鼓云乎哉。
【十二章】子曰、色厲而內荏、譬諸小人、其猶穿窬之盜也與。
【十三章】子曰、鄉原、德之賊也。
【十四章】子曰、道聽而塗說、德之棄也。
CHAP. XI. The Master said, '"It is according to the rules of
propriety," they say.-- "It is according to the rules of
propriety," they say. Are gems and silk all that is meant by
propriety? "It is music," they say.-- "It is music," they say. Are
bells and drums all that is meant by music?'
CHAP. XII. The Master said, 'He who puts on an
appearance of stern firmness, while inwardly he is weak, is like
one of the small, mean people;-- yea, is he not like the thief
who breaks through, or climbs over, a wall?'
CHAP. XIII. The Master said, 'Your good, careful people of
the villages are the thieves of virtue.'
CHAP. XIV. The Master said, 'To tell, as we go along, what
we have heard on the way, is to cast away our virtue.'
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