Analects 1.4
The Analects (論語), BOOK I. HSIO R 學而第一
曾子曰、吾日三省吾身、爲人謀、而不忠乎、與朋友交、而不信乎、傳不習乎。
The philosopher Tsang said, "I daily examine myself on three points:—whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;—whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;—whether I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 曾céngalready, formerly, once; the past
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 三sānthree
- 省shěngprovince; frugal; to save, to leave out
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 人rénman, person; people
- 謀móuto plan, to scheme; strategem
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 忠zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelity
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 友yǒufriend, companion; fraternity
- 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 傳chuánto pass on; to propagate; to transmit; s
- 習xíto study, to practice; habit
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 1.7
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Mencius 2A.8
- Hexagram 2
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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