Analects 10.11
The Analects (論語), BOOK X. HEANG TANG 鄉黨第十
問人於他邦、再拜而送之。康子饋藥、拜而受之、曰、丘未達、不敢嘗。
1. When he was sending complimentary inquiries to any one in another State, he bowed twice as he escorted the messenger away.
2. Chi K'ang having sent him a present of physic, he bowed and received it, saying, "I do not know it. I dare not taste it."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 人rénman, person; people
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 他tāother, another; he, she, it
- 邦bāngcountry, nation, state
- 再zàiagain, twice, re-
- 拜bàito bow, to salute; to worship, to pay re
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 送sòngto see off, to send off, to dispatch; to
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 康kānghealth; peace, quiet
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 饋kuìgift, present
- 藥yàodrugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahuria
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 丘qiūmound, hill; surname
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 達dáto reach, to arrive at; intelligent
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 敢gǎnbold, brave; to dare, to venture
- 嘗chángto taste; to experience, to experiment w
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 5.18
- Mencius 5B.6
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 13
- Mencius 7A.9
- Mencius 3B.2
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