Analects 5.3
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子貢問曰、賜也何如。子曰、女器也。曰、何器也。曰、瑚璉也。
Tsze-kung asked, "What do you say of me, Ts'ze? The Master said, "You are a utensil." "What utensil?" "A gemmed sacrificial utensil."
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
- 問wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 賜cìto give; to bestow a favor; to appoint
- 也yěalso, too
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 器qìdevice, instrument, tool; receptacle, ve
- 瑚húcoral
- 璉liǎna vessel used hold grain offerings
Passages with shared wording
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