Analects 15.2
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、賜也、女以予爲多學而識之者與。對曰、然、非與。曰、非也、予一以貫之。
1. The Master said, "Ts'ze, you think, I suppose, that I am one who learns many things and keeps them in memory?"
2. Tsze-kung replied, "Yes,—but perhaps it is not so?"
3. "No," was the answer; "I seek a unity all-pervading."
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
- 賜cìto give; to bestow a favor; to appoint
- 也yěalso, too
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 予yǔto give; to award
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 識shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize,
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 對duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 貫guànto pierce, to string up; a string of 100
Passages with shared wording
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