Analects 2.18
The Analects (論語), BOOK II. WEI CHANG 爲政第二
子張學干祿。子曰、多聞闕疑、愼言其餘、則寡尤、多見闕殆、愼行其餘、則寡悔、言寡尤、行寡悔、祿在其中矣。
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
- 張zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stret
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 干gànarid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to inva
- 祿lùblessing, happiness, prosperity
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
- 聞wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 闕quēpalace; watchtower
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
- 愼shènact with care, be cautious
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 餘yúsurplus, remainder, excess
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
- 尤yóuespecially, particularly
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 殆dàialmost, probably; danger, peril; to enda
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 15.31
- Analects 6.5
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Analects 7.27
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Mencius 7B.33
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