Analects 3.10
The Analects (論語), BOOK III. PA YIH 八佾第三
子曰、禘、自既灌而往者、吾不欲觀之矣。
The Master said, "At the great sacrifice, after the pouring out of the libation, I have no wish to look on."
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
- 禘dìimperial ancestor worship
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 既jìalready, since, then; both; de facto
- 灌guànto water, to irrigate; to pour; to flood
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 觀guānto observe, to spectate; appearance, vie
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Mencius 1B.4
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Mencius 3B.3
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
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