Analects 11.18
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
子曰、回也其庶乎屢空。賜不受命、而貨殖焉、億則屢中。
1. The Master said, "There is Hui! He has nearly attained to perfect virtue. He is often in want.
2. "Ts'ze does not acquiesce in the appointments of Heaven, and his goods are increased by him. Yet his judgments are often correct."
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
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 也yěalso, too
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 庶shùnumerous, various; multitude
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 屢lǚfrequently, often, again and again
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 賜cìto give; to bestow a favor; to appoint
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, ins
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 貨huòproducts, merchandise; goods, commoditie
- 殖zhíto breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 億yìhundred million; many
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
Passages with shared wording
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 27
- Mencius 1B.1
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Analects 6.5
- Analects 11.3
- Analects 11.10
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