Analects 5.27
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子曰、十室之邑、必有忠信、如丘者焉、不如丘之好學也。
The Master said, "In a hamlet of ten families, there may be found one honourable and sincere as I am, but not so fond of learning."
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
- 十shíten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 邑yìarea, district, city, state
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 忠zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelity
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 丘qiūmound, hill; surname
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable;
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- The Great Learning Passage 3
- Analects 12.11
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 18
- Analects 5.7
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