Analects 5.10
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子曰、吾未見剛者。或對曰、申棖。子曰、棖也慾、焉得剛。
The Master said, "I have not seen a firm and unbending man." Some one replied, "There is Shan Ch'ang." "Ch'ang," said the Master, "is under the influence of his passions; how can he be pronounced firm and unbending?"
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
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 對duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
- 申shēnto report; to extend; to explain; to dec
- 棖chéngdoor stop, door jam; touch; a prop, post
- 也yěalso, too
- 慾yùpassion, desire, lust; appetite
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
Passages with shared wording
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