Analects 15.18
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、君子病無能焉、不病人之不己知也。
The Master said, "The superior man is distressed by his want of ability. He is not distressed by men's not knowing him."
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
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 人rénman, person; people
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 己jǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th he
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 14.30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 71
- Analects 1.16
- Analects 14.32
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 12
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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