Analects 4.25
The Analects (論語), BOOK IV. LE JIN 里仁第四
子曰、德不孤、必有鄰。
The Master said, "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practises it will have neighbors."
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
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 鄰línneighbor; neighborhood
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 39
- Mencius 1A.7
- Analects 7.3
- Mencius 2A.1
- Mencius 7B.37
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