Analects 7.5
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子曰、甚矣吾衰也、久矣、吾不復夢見周公。
The Master said, "Extreme is my decay. For a long time, I have not dreamed, as I was wont to do, that I saw the duke of Chau."
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
- 甚shénconsiderably; very, extremely; a great e
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 衰shuāiweak, feeble; to decline, to falter
- 也yěalso, too
- 久jiǔlong ago; a long time
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 夢mèngdream
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 周zhōuZhou dynasty; circumference
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.