Analects 19.21
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG 子張第十九
子貢曰、君子之過也、如日月之食焉、過也、人皆見之、更也、人皆仰之。
Tsze-kung said, "The faults of the superior man are like the eclipses of the sun and moon. He has his faults, and all men see them; he changes again, and all men look up to him."
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
- 貢gòngto offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 也yěalso, too
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 食shífood; to eat
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 人rénman, person; people
- 皆jiēall, every, everybody
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 更gèngmore, further; to shift, to alternate; t
- 仰yǎngraise the head to look; look up to, rely
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 2B.9
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 31
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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