Analects 6.22
The Analects (論語), BOOK VI. YUNG YEY 雍也第六
子曰、齊一變、至於魯、魯一變、至於道。
The Master said, "Ch'i, by one change, would come to the State of Lu. Lu, by one change, would come to a State where true principles predominated."
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
- 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 變biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 至zhìreach, arrive; very, extremely
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 魯lǔfoolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Mencius 1A.7
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Mencius 1B.14
- Mencius 2B.6
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