Analects 5.13
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子路有聞、未之能行、唯恐有聞。
When Tsze-lu heard anything, if he had not yet succeeded in carrying it into practice, he was only afraid lest he should hear something else.
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
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 聞wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 唯wéionly; sole
- 恐kǒngfearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Mencius 3B.10
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Mencius 2A.7
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