Analects 18.11
The Analects (論語), BOOK XVIII. WEI TSZE 微子第十八
周有八士、伯達、伯适、仲突、仲忽、叔夜、叔夏、季隨、季騧。
To Chau belonged the eight officers, Po-ta, Po-kwo, Chung-tu, Chung-hwu, Shu-ya, Shu-hsia, Chi-sui, and Chi-kwa.
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 周zhōuZhou dynasty; circumference
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 八bāeight; all around, all sides
- 士shìscholar, gentleman; soldier
- 伯bóolder brother; father's elder brother; s
- 達dáto reach, to arrive at; intelligent
- 适shìmatch, comfortable; just
- 仲zhòngmiddle brother; go between, mediator; su
- 突tūsudden, abrupt, unexpected
- 忽hūsuddenly, abruptly; to neglect
- 叔shūuncle; father's younger brother
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
- 夏xiàsummer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
- 季jìa quarter-year, a season; surname
- 隨suíto follow, to listen to, to submit to
- 騧guātan or piebald horse
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- Analects 20.1
- Mencius 5A.4
- Mencius 5A.5
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
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