Analects 14.23
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子路問事君。子曰、勿欺也、而犯之。
Tsze-lu asked how a ruler should be served. The Master said, "Do not impose on him, and, moreover, withstand him to his face."
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
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 欺qīto cheat, to double-cross, to deceive
- 也yěalso, too
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 犯fàncriminal; to violate, to commit a crime
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 11.11
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Art of War 11.57
- Analects 6.24
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