Analects 4.3
The Analects (論語), BOOK IV. LE JIN 里仁第四
子曰、惟仁者、能好人、能惡人。
The Master said, "It is only the (truly) virtuous man, who can love, or who can hate, others."
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
- 惟wéibut, however, nevertheless; only
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable;
- 人rénman, person; people
- 惡èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; f
Passages with shared wording
- The Great Learning Passage 14
- Mencius 1B.1
- Mencius 1B.3
- Mencius 4A.1
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Mencius 5A.2
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