Analects 7.7
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子曰、自行束脩以上、吾未嘗無誨焉。
The Master said, "From the man bringing his bundle of dried flesh for my teaching upwards, I have never refused instruction to any one."
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
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 束shùto bind, to control, to restrain; bale
- 脩xiūdried meat
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 嘗chángto taste; to experience, to experiment w
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 誨huìto teach, to instruct; to encourage, to
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Mencius 4A.1
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.