Analects 7.23
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子曰、二三子、以我爲隱乎、吾無隱乎爾、吾無行而不與二三子者、是丘也、
The Master said, "Do you think, my disciples, that I have any concealments? I conceal nothing from you. There is nothing which I do that is not shown to you, my disciples;—that is my way."
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
- 二èrtwo; twice
- 三sānthree
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 隱yǐnto hide, to conceal; secret, hidden
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 丘qiūmound, hill; surname
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Analects 3.24
- Analects 17.4
- Analects 11.25
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