Analects 14.3
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子曰、士而懷居、不足以爲士矣。
The Master said, "The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."
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
- 士shìscholar, gentleman; soldier
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 懷huáibosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
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