Analects 11.5
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
南容三復白圭、孔子以其兄之子妻之。
Nan Yung was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder brother to wife.
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 南nánsouth; southern; southward
- 容róngappearance, looks; form, figure; to cont
- 三sānthree
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 圭guījade tablet
- 孔kǒngopening, hole, orifice; great
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 兄xiōngelder brother
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 妻qīwife
Passages with shared wording
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