Analects 10.17
The Analects (論語), BOOK X. HEANG TANG 鄉黨第十
升車、必正立、執綏。車中、不內顧、不疾言、不親指。
1. When he was about to mount his carriage, he would stand straight, holding the cord.
2. When he was in the carriage, he did not turn his head quite round, he did not talk hastily, he did not point with his hands.
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 車chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 執zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep;
- 綏suíto soothe, to pacify, to appease
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 內nèiinside
- 顧gùto look back; to look at; to look after
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 親qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazeln
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 10.13
- Mencius 3B.7
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Art of War 11.10
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
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