Analects 15.22
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、君子不以言擧人、不以人廢言。
The Master said, "The superior man does not promote a man simply on account of his words, nor does he put aside good words because of the man."
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
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 擧jǔraise, lift up; recommend
- 人rénman, person; people
- 廢fèito terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
Passages with shared wording
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 22
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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