Analects 13.23
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU 子路第十三
子曰、君子和而不同、小人同而不和。
The Master said, "The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable."
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
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 和héharmony, peace; calm, peaceful
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 人rénman, person; people
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 10
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Hexagram 61
- Mencius 7A.36
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
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