Analects 14.16
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子曰、晉文公譎而不正、齊桓公正而不譎。
The Master said, "The duke Wan of Tsin was crafty and not upright. The duke Hwan of Ch'i was upright and not crafty."
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
- 晉jìnto advance; to increase; to promote
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 譎juécunning, crafty, sly
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 桓huánvariety of tree; surname
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 4B.21
- Mencius 2B.2
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Mencius 1A.5
- Mencius 3B.3
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