Analects 13.9
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU 子路第十三
子適衞、冉有僕。子曰、庶矣哉。冉有曰、既庶矣、又何加焉。曰、富之。曰、既富矣、又何加焉。曰、教之。
1. When the Master went to Wei, Zan Yu acted as driver of his carriage.
2. The Master observed, "How numerous are the people!"
3. Yu said, "Since they are thus numerous, what more shall be done for them?" "Enrich them," was the reply.
4. "And when they have been enriched, what more shall be done?" The Master said, "Teach them."
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
- 適shìmatch, comfortable; just
- 衞wèiguard, protect, defend
- 冉rǎntender; weak; to proceed gradually
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 僕púto fall forward; prostrate, prone; serva
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 庶shùnumerous, various; multitude
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
- 哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
- 既jìalready, since, then; both; de facto
- 又yòuand, also, again, in addition
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 富fùabundant, ample; rich, wealthy
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 教jiàoschool, education
Passages with shared wording
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