Analects 10.7
The Analects (論語), BOOK X. HEANG TANG 鄉黨第十
齊、必有明衣、布。齊必變食、居必遷坐。
1. When fasting, he thought it necessary to have his clothes brightly clean and made of linen cloth.
2. When fasting, he thought it necessary to change his food, and also to change the place where he commonly sat in the apartment.
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
- 衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 布bùcotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to
- 變biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 食shífood; to eat
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 遷qiānto shift, to move; to transfer, to chang
- 坐zuòseat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
Passages with shared wording
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