Analects 7.34
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子疾病。子路請禱。子曰、有諸。子路對曰、有之、誄曰、禱爾於上下神祇。子曰、丘之禱久矣。
The Master being very sick, Tsze-lu asked leave to pray for him. He said, "May such a thing be done?" Tsze-lu replied, "It may. In the Eulogies it is said, 'Prayer has been made for thee to the spirits of the upper and lower worlds.'" The Master said, "My praying has been for a long time."
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
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 請qǐngto ask, to request; to invite; please
- 禱dǎoto pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 對duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 誄lěieulogize, praise the dead
- 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 神shéngod, spirit; divine, mysterious, superna
- 祇qíonly, just, simply; one of a pair; an ea
- 丘qiūmound, hill; surname
- 久jiǔlong ago; a long time
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 9.11
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
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