Analects 11.22
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
子畏於匡、顏淵後、子曰、吾以女爲死矣。曰、子在、回何敢死。
The Master was put in fear in K'wang and Yen Yuan fell behind. The Master, on his rejoining him, said, "I thought you had died." Hui replied, "While you were alive, how should I presume to die?"
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
- 畏wèifear, dread, awe, reverence
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 匡kuāngto correct, to revise; to restore
- 顏yánface, facial appearance
- 淵yuānabyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up
- 後hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 敢gǎnbold, brave; to dare, to venture
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 9.5
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Analects 6.11
- Analects 17.10
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