Analects 19.6
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG 子張第十九
子夏曰、博學而篤志、切問而近思、仁在其中矣。
Tsze-hsia said, "There are learning extensively, and having a firm and sincere aim; inquiring with earnestness, and reflecting with self-application:—virtue is in such a course."
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
- 博bóto gamble, to play games; to win; rich,
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 篤dǔdeep, serious; genuine, sincere, true
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 切qièto cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; cl
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 近jìnto approach; near, close; intimate
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 16.1
- Mencius 4B.15
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 17
- Analects 12.15
- Analects 2.18
- Analects 7.15
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