Analects 19.5
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG 子張第十九
子夏曰、日知其所亡、月無忘其所能、可謂好學也已矣。
Tsze-hsia said, "He, who from day to day recognises what he has not yet, and from month to month does not forget what he has attained to, may be said indeed to love to learn."
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
- 夏xiàsummer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 忘wàngto forget, to miss, to neglect, to overl
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable;
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 也yěalso, too
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterw
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Analects 1.14
- Mencius 6B.7
- Mencius 3B.3
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
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