Analects 15.14
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、躬自厚、而薄責於人、則遠怨矣。
The Master said, "He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment."
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
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 厚hòugenerous; substantial; deep (as a friend
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 薄báothin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 責zéone's responsibility, duty
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 人rénman, person; people
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 遠yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
- 怨yuànto blame, to complain, to hate; enmity,
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 21
- Art of War 10.26
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 30
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 79
- Art of War 5.21
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