Analects 7.12
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子之所愼、齊、戰、疾。
The things in reference to which the Master exercised the greatest caution were —fasting, war, and sickness.
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
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 愼shènact with care, be cautious
- 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 戰zhànwar, fighting, battle
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
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