Analects 14.31
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子貢方人、子曰、賜也賢乎哉、夫我則不暇。
Tsze-kung was in the habit of comparing men together. The Master said, "Tsze must have reached a high pitch of excellence! Now, I have not leisure for this."
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
- 貢gòngto offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts
- 方fāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 人rénman, person; people
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 賜cìto give; to bestow a favor; to appoint
- 也yěalso, too
- 賢xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 暇xiáleisure, relaxation, spare time
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Mencius 3A.4
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Analects 5.11
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