Analects 7.22
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子曰、天生德於予、桓魋其如予何。
The Master said, "Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui—what can he do 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
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 予yǔto give; to award
- 桓huánvariety of tree; surname
- 魋tuíbear
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 9.5
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- The Great Learning Passage 2
- Mencius 6A.6
- Zhuangzi The Universe
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