Analects 15.39
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、道不同、不相爲謀。
The Master said, "Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another."
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
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 謀móuto plan, to scheme; strategem
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.