Analects 14.29
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子曰、君子恥其言而過其行。
The Master said, "The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."
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
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 恥chǐshame, humiliation; ashamed
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
Passages with shared wording
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