Analects 19.16
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG 子張第十九
曾子曰、堂堂乎張也、難與並爲仁矣。
The philosopher Tsang said, "How imposing is the manner of Chang! It is difficult along with him to practise virtue."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 曾céngalready, formerly, once; the past
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 堂tánghall, large room; government office; cou
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 張zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stret
- 也yěalso, too
- 難nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 並bìngto combine, to annex; also, what's more
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
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