Analects 2.14
The Analects (論語), BOOK II. WEI CHANG 爲政第二
子曰、君子周而不比、小人比而不周。
The Master said, "The superior man is catholic and no partisan. The mean man is partisan and not catholic."
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
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 周zhōuZhou dynasty; circumference
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 比bǐto compare, liken; comparison; than
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 人rénman, person; people
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Analects 6.3
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Mencius 2B.13
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Mencius 3A.4
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