Analects 6.15
The Analects (論語), BOOK VI. YUNG YEY 雍也第六
子曰、誰能出不由戶、何莫由斯道也。
The Master said, "Who can go out but by the door? How is it that men will not walk according to these ways?"
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
- 誰shuíwho? whom? whose? anyone?
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 由yóucause, reason; from
- 戶hùdoor; family
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 斯sīthis, thus, such; emphatic particle; use
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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