Analects 15.13
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、臧文仲、其竊位者與、知柳下惠之賢、而不與立也。
The Master said, "Was not Tsang Wan like one who had stolen his situation? He knew the virtue and the talents
of Hui of Liu-hsia, and yet did not procure that he should stand with him in court."
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
- 臧zānggood, right; generous; to command
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 仲zhòngmiddle brother; go between, mediator; su
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 竊qièto steal; thief; secret, stealthy
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 柳liǔwillow tree; pleasure; surname
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 惠huìfavor, benefit, blessing, kindness
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 賢xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
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