Analects 11.14
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
子曰、由之瑟、奚爲於丘之門。門人不敬子路。子曰、由也、升堂矣、未入於室也。
1. The Master said, "What has the lute of Yu to do in my door?"
2. The other disciples began not to respect Tsze-lu. The Master said, "Yu has ascended to the hall, though he has not yet passed into the inner apartments."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 由yóucause, reason; from
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 瑟sèa large string instrument; to tremble, t
- 奚xīwhere, what, why, how
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 丘qiūmound, hill; surname
- 門méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 人rénman, person; people
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 也yěalso, too
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 堂tánghall, large room; government office; cou
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- Analects 10.4
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.