Analects 11.4
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
子曰、孝哉閔子騫、人不間於其父母昆弟之言。
The Master said, "Filial indeed is Min Tsze-ch'ien! Other people say nothing of him different from the report of his parents and brothers."
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
- 孝xiàofilial piety, obedience; mourning
- 哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
- 閔mǐnto mourn, to grieve; to incite, to urge
- 騫qiānto lift, to raise; to fly, to soar
- 人rénman, person; people
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 間jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place,
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 父fùfather, dad
- 母mǔmother; female elders; female
- 昆kūnelder brother; descendants
- 弟dìyoung brother, junior
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
Passages with shared wording
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