Analects 14.27
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子曰、不在其位、不謀其政。
The Master said, "He who is not in any particular office, has nothing to do with plans for the administration of its duties."
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
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 謀móuto plan, to scheme; strategem
- 政zhènggovernment, politics
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 8.14
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Art of War 3.3
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 20
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 14
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