Analects 5.22
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子曰、伯夷叔齊、不念舊惡、怨是用希。
The Master said, "Po-i and Shu-ch'i did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few."
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
- 伯bóolder brother; father's elder brother; s
- 夷yíancient barbarian tribes
- 叔shūuncle; father's younger brother
- 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 念niànto think of, to recall; to study
- 舊jiùold, ancient; former, past
- 惡èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; f
- 怨yuànto blame, to complain, to hate; enmity,
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 希xīrare; to hope for, to strive for; to exp
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- Mencius 6B.3
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Analects 7.14
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Analects 16.12
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