Analects 13.27
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU 子路第十三
子曰、剛、毅、木、訥、近仁。
The Master said, "The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."
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
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 毅yìdecisive, firm, resolute
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 訥nèinarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stamme
- 近jìnto approach; near, close; intimate
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
Passages with shared wording
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