Analects 6.5
The Analects (論語), BOOK VI. YUNG YEY 雍也第六
子曰、回也、其心三月不違仁、其餘、則日月至焉而已矣。
The Master said, "Such was Hui that for three months there would be nothing in his mind contrary to perfect virtue. The others may attain to this on some days or in some months, but nothing more."
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
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 也yěalso, too
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 三sānthree
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 違wéito violate, to disobey, to defy; to sepa
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 餘yúsurplus, remainder, excess
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 至zhìreach, arrive; very, extremely
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterw
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 2.18
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Mencius 4A.3
- Analects 4.5
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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