Analects 14.33
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子曰、不逆詐、不億不信、抑亦先覺者、是賢乎。
The Master said, "He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily (when they occur);—is he not a man of superior worth?"
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
- 逆nìto disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- 詐zhàto cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
- 億yìhundred million; many
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 抑yìto curb, to hinder; to keep down, to rep
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
- 覺juéconscious; to nap, to sleep; to wake up
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 賢xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
Passages with shared wording
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