Analects 15.19
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、君子疾沒世、而名不稱焉。
The Master said, "The superior man dislikes the thought of his name not being mentioned after his death."
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
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 沒méinot, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to dr
- 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 稱chēngbalanced; name, brand; to say, to call
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
Passages with shared wording
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 47
- Analects 14.35
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Analects 8.1
- Analects 16.12
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
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