Analects 7.4
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子之燕居、申申如也、夭夭如也。
When the Master was unoccupied with business, his manner was easy, and he looked pleased.
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
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 燕yànlovebird, swallow
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 申shēnto report; to extend; to explain; to dec
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 也yěalso, too
- 夭yāoyoung, energetic; to die young
Passages with shared wording
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