Analects 7.20
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子不語、怪、力、亂、神。
The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were—extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings.
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
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 語yǔwords, language; saying, expression
- 怪guàiunusual, strange, peculiar
- 力lìstrength, power; capability, influence
- 亂luànanarchy, chaos; revolt
- 神shéngod, spirit; divine, mysterious, superna
Passages with shared wording
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