Analects 7.13
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子在齊聞韶、三月不知肉味、曰、不圖爲樂之至於斯也。
When the Master was in Ch'i, he heard the Shao, and for three months did not know the taste of flesh. "I did not think" he said, "that music could have been made so excellent as this."
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
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 聞wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 韶sháobeautiful, excellent, harmonious; music
- 三sānthree
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 肉ròumeat; flesh
- 味wèitaste; smell, odor; delicacy
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 圖túdiagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 樂lècheerful, happy, laughing; music
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 至zhìreach, arrive; very, extremely
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 斯sīthis, thus, such; emphatic particle; use
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- The Great Learning Passage 11
- Analects 3.24
- Mencius 4B.24
- Analects 6.5
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Horses' Hoofs
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.