Analects 13.1
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU 子路第十三
子路問政。子曰、先之、勞之。請益。曰、無倦。
1. Tsze-lu asked about government. The Master said, "Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs."
2. He requested further instruction, and was answered, "Be not weary (in these things)."
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
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 政zhènggovernment, politics
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 勞láoto labor, to toil; to do manual work
- 請qǐngto ask, to request; to invite; please
- 益yìto profit, to benefit; advantage
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 倦juàntired, weary
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 6.3
- Analects 12.14
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Analects 13.2
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