Analects 7.2
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子曰、默而識之、學而不厭、誨人不倦、何有於我哉。
The Master said, "The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied:—which one of these things belongs to 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
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 默mòsilent; quiet, still; dark
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 識shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize,
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 學xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study,
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 厭yànto dislike, to detest; to reject; to sat
- 誨huìto teach, to instruct; to encourage, to
- 人rénman, person; people
- 倦juàntired, weary
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
Passages with shared wording
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