Analects 11.19
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
子張問善人之道。子曰、不踐迹、亦不入於室。
Tsze-chang asked what were the characteristics of the good man. The Master said, "He does not tread in the footsteps of others, but moreover, he does not enter the chamber of the sage."
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
- 張zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stret
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 人rénman, person; people
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 踐jiànto trample, to tread on, to walk over
- 迹jītrace, sign, mark, footprint
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Mencius 3A.4
- Analects 11.14
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Analects 2.23
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