Analects 11.16
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
季氏富於周公、而求也爲之聚斂而附益之。子曰、非吾徒也、小子、鳴鼓而攻之可也。
1. The head of the Chi family was richer than the duke of Chau had been, and yet Ch'iu collected his imposts for him, and increased his wealth.
2. The Master said, "He is no disciple of mine. My little children, beat the drum and assail him."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 季jìa quarter-year, a season; surname
- 氏shìclan, family; maiden name
- 富fùabundant, ample; rich, wealthy
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 周zhōuZhou dynasty; circumference
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to besee
- 也yěalso, too
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 聚jùto assemble, to collect, to meet
- 斂liǎnto collect, to extort
- 附fùnearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely
- 益yìto profit, to benefit; advantage
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 徒túdisciple, follower; only, merely; in vai
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 鳴mínga bird call or animal cry; to make a sou
- 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- 攻gōngto accuse; to assault; to criticize
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 4A.14
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
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