Analects 3.6
The Analects (論語), BOOK III. PA YIH 八佾第三
季氏旅於泰山。子謂冉有曰、女弗能救與。對曰、不能。子曰、嗚呼、曾謂泰山、不如林放乎。
The chief of the Chi family was about to sacrifice to the T'ai mountain. The Master said to Zan Yu, "Can you not save him from this?" He answered, "I cannot." Confucius said, "Alas! will you say that the T'ai mountain is not so discerning as Lin Fang?"
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 季jìa quarter-year, a season; surname
- 氏shìclan, family; maiden name
- 旅lǚjourney, trip; to travel
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 泰tàigreat, exalted, superior; calm; big
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 冉rǎntender; weak; to proceed gradually
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 弗fúnot, negative
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 救jiùaid, help; to rescue, to save
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 對duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 嗚wūthe sound of someone crying or sobbing
- 呼hūto breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call,
- 曾céngalready, formerly, once; the past
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 林línforest, grove; surname
- 放fàngto release, to liberate, to free
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
Passages with shared wording
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