Analects 14.17
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子路曰、桓公殺公子糾、召忽死之、管仲不死、曰、未仁乎。子曰、桓公九合諸侯、不以兵車、管仲之力也、如其仁、如其仁。
1. Tsze-lu said, "The Duke Hwan caused his brother Chiu to be killed, when Shao Hu died with his master, but Kwan Chung did not die. May not I say that he was wanting in virtue?"
2. The Master said, "The Duke Hwan assembled all the princes together, and that not with weapons of war and chariots:—it was all through the influence of Kwan Chung. Whose beneficence was like his? Whose beneficence was like his?"
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
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 桓huánvariety of tree; surname
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 殺shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hur
- 糾jiūtangled; to investigate, to unravel
- 召zhàoimperial decree; to summon, to call, to
- 忽hūsuddenly, abruptly; to neglect
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 管guǎntube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
- 仲zhòngmiddle brother; go between, mediator; su
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 九jiǔnine
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 侯hóumarquis, lord; target in archery
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 車chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
- 力lìstrength, power; capability, influence
- 也yěalso, too
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 14.18
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Analects 11.11
- Analects 19.15
- Analects 3.3
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