Analects 5.15
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子謂子產、有君子之道四焉、其行己也恭、其事上也敬、其養民也惠、其使民也義。
The Master said of Tsze-ch'an that he had four of the characteristics of a superior man:—in his conduct of himself, he was humble; in serving his superiors, he was respectful; in nourishing the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he was just."
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
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 產chǎnto give birth, to bring forth, to produc
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 四sìfour
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 己jǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th he
- 也yěalso, too
- 恭gōngpolite, respectful, reverent
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
- 養yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to suppo
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 惠huìfavor, benefit, blessing, kindness
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger
- 義yìright conduct, propriety; justice
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Mencius 7A.15
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 13
- Analects 13.20
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 19
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