Analects 19.7
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG 子張第十九
子夏曰、百工居肆、以成其事、君子學以致其道。
Tsze-hsia said, "Mechanics have their shops to dwell in, in order to accomplish their works. The superior man learns, in order to reach to the utmost of his principles."
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
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 工gōnglabor, work; laborer, worker
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 肆sìto indulge; excess; four (bankers' anti-
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, t
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 致zhìto send; to present, to deliver; to caus
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 3A.4
- Mencius 5A.9
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Exercise of Faculties
- Analects 1.7
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
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