Analects 11.8
The Analects (論語), BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN 先進第十一
顏淵死、子曰、噫、天喪予、天喪予。
When Yen Yuan died, the Master said, "Alas! Heaven is destroying me! Heaven is destroying me!"
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 顏yánface, facial appearance
- 淵yuānabyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 噫yībelch; interjection of approval
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 予yǔto give; to award
Passages with shared wording
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