Analects 15.35
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、當仁、不讓於師。
The Master said, "Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher."
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
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 讓ràngto allow, to permit, to yield
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 師shīteacher, professional, master
Passages with shared wording
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