Analects 14.40
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
子曰、作者七人矣。
The Master said, "Those who have done this are seven men."
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
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, t
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 七qīseven
- 人rénman, person; people
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
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