Analects 6.26
The Analects (論語), BOOK VI. YUNG YEY 雍也第六
子見南子、子路不說、夫子矢之、曰、予所否者、天厭之、天厭之。
The Master having visited Nan-tsze, Tsze-lu was displeased, on which the Master swore, saying, "Wherein I have done improperly, may Heaven reject me, may Heaven reject me!"
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
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 南nánsouth; southern; southward
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 說shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 矢shǐarrow, dart; to vow, to swear
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 予yǔto give; to award
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 否fǒuno, not, un-; final particle
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 厭yànto dislike, to detest; to reject; to sat
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Mencius 2B.12
- Analects 17.5
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
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