Analects 7.17
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子所雅言、詩、書、執禮、皆雅言也。
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
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 雅yǎelegant, graceful, refined
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 詩shīpoetry; poem, verse, ode
- 書shūbook, letter, document; writing
- 執zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep;
- 禮lǐcourtesy, manners, social customs
- 皆jiēall, every, everybody
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 1.15
- Analects 3.8
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Analects 8.4
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