Analects 7.26
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子釣而不綱、弋不射宿。
The Master angled,—but did not use a net. He shot,—but not at birds perching.
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
- 釣diàofishhook; to fish, to lure
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 綱gāngprogram, outline; principle, guiding thr
- 弋yìto catch, to arrest; to shoot with a bow
- 射shèto shoot, to eject, to emit
- 宿sùto stop, to rest, to lodge; constellatio
Passages with shared wording
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