Analects 15.29
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、過而不改、是謂過矣。
The Master said, "To have faults and not to reform them,—this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults."
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
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 改gǎito alter, to change, to improve, to remo
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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