Analects 14.10
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
或問子產。子曰、惠人也。問子西。曰、彼哉彼哉。問管仲。曰、人也、奪伯氏騈邑三百、飯疏食、沒齒、無怨言。
1. Some one asked about Tsze-ch'an. The Master said, "He was a kind man."
2. He asked about Tsze-hsi. The Master said, "That man! That man!"
3. He asked about Kwan Chung. "For him," said the Master, "the city of Pien, with three hundred families, was taken from the chief of the Po family, who did not utter a murmuring word, though, to the end of his life, he had only coarse rice to eat."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 產chǎnto give birth, to bring forth, to produc
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 惠huìfavor, benefit, blessing, kindness
- 人rénman, person; people
- 也yěalso, too
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 彼bǐthat, those, the other
- 哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
- 管guǎntube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
- 仲zhòngmiddle brother; go between, mediator; su
- 奪duóto rob, to snatch, to take by force
- 伯bóolder brother; father's elder brother; s
- 氏shìclan, family; maiden name
- 騈piánteam of horses; associate
- 邑yìarea, district, city, state
- 三sānthree
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 飯fànmeal, food; cooked rice
- 疏shūto neglect; to dredge, to clear away; la
- 食shífood; to eat
- 沒méinot, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to dr
- 齒chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 怨yuànto blame, to complain, to hate; enmity,
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
Passages with shared wording
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