Analects 7.36
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子曰、君子坦蕩蕩、小人長戚戚。
The Master said, "The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."
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
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 坦tǎnflat, level, smooth; candid, open
- 蕩dàngpond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away,
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 人rénman, person; people
- 長zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
- 戚qīashamed, grieving; related to; relative
Passages with shared wording
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