Analects 13.19
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU 子路第十三
樊遲問仁。子曰、居處恭、執事敬、與人忠、雖之夷狄、不可棄也。
Fan Ch'ih asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "It is, in retirement, to be sedately grave; in the management of business, to be reverently attentive; in intercourse with others, to be strictly sincere. Though a man go among rude, uncultivated tribes, these qualities may not be neglected."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 樊fánrailing, fence, enclosed place
- 遲chítardy, slow, late; to delay
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 處chùto reside at, to live in; place, locale;
- 恭gōngpolite, respectful, reverent
- 執zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep;
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 人rénman, person; people
- 忠zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelity
- 雖suīalthough, even though
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 夷yíancient barbarian tribes
- 狄díbarbarians; a tribe from northern China;
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 棄qìto abandon, to discard, to reject; to de
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 12.22
- Analects 6.20
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Analects 12.1
- Analects 12.2
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