Analects 11.10
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
顏淵死、門人欲厚葬之。子曰、不可。門人厚葬之。子曰、回也、視予猶父也、予不得視猶子也、非我也、夫二三子也。
1. When Yen Yuan died, the disciples wished to give him a great funeral, and the Master said, "You may not do so."
2. The disciples did bury him in great style.
3. The Master said, "Hui behaved towards me as his father. I have not been able to treat him as my son. The fault is not mine; it belongs to you, O disciples."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 顏yánface, facial appearance
- 淵yuānabyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 門méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 人rénman, person; people
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 厚hòugenerous; substantial; deep (as a friend
- 葬zàngto bury, to inter
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 也yěalso, too
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 予yǔto give; to award
- 猶yóusimilar to, just like, as
- 父fùfather, dad
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 二èrtwo; twice
- 三sānthree
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 3A.4
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Mencius 2A.2
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