Analects 13.26
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU 子路第十三
子曰、君子泰而不驕、小人驕而不泰。
The Master said, "The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease."
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
- 泰tàigreat, exalted, superior; calm; big
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 驕jiāohaughty, spirited; a wild stallion
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 人rénman, person; people
Passages with shared wording
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