Analects 1.16
The Analects (論語), BOOK I. HSIO R 學而第一
子曰、不患人之不己知、患不知人也。
The Master said, "I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 患huànsuffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffe
- 人rénman, person; people
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 己jǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th he
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
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