Analects 16.14
The Analects (論語), BOOK XVI. KE SHE 季氏第十六
邦君之妻、君稱之、曰夫人、夫人自稱、曰小童、邦人稱之、曰君夫人、稱諸異邦、曰寡小君、異邦人稱之、亦曰君夫人。
The wife of the prince of a state is called by him fu zan. She calls herself hsiao t'ung. The people of the State call
her chun fu zan, and, to the people of other States, they call her k'wa hsiao chun. The people of other states also call her chun fu zan.
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 邦bāngcountry, nation, state
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 妻qīwife
- 稱chēngbalanced; name, brand; to say, to call
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 人rénman, person; people
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 童tóngchild, boy; servant boy; virgin
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 異yìdifferent, strange, unusual; foreign; su
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Analects 3.22
- Analects 1.10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 70
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 39
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
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