Analects 5.11
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子貢曰、我不欲人之加諸我也、吾亦欲無加諸人。子曰、賜也、非爾所及也。
Tsze-kung said, "What I do not wish men to do to me, I also wish not to do to men." The Master said, "Ts'ze, you have not attained to that."
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
- 貢gòngto offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 人rénman, person; people
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 也yěalso, too
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 賜cìto give; to bestow a favor; to appoint
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 及jíto extend; to reach; and; in time
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 5A.1
- Art of War 9.19
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 1A.7
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Mencius 5B.6
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