Analects 4.4
The Analects (論語), BOOK IV. LE JIN 里仁第四
子曰、苟志於仁矣、無惡也。
The Master said, "If the will be set on virtue, there will be no practice of wickedness."
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
- 苟gǒucareless, frivolous, illicit; but, if on
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 惡èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; f
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 4B.26
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 30
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 35
- Analects 7.6
- Mencius 4A.9
- Mencius 6B.8
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