Analects 7.9
The Analects (論語), BOOK VII. SHU R 述而第七
子食於有喪者之側、未嘗飽也。子於是日哭、則不歌。
1. When the Master was eating by the side of a mourner, he never ate to the full.
2. He did not sing on the same day in which he had been weeping.
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
- 食shífood; to eat
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 側cèside; to slant, to lean, to incline
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 嘗chángto taste; to experience, to experiment w
- 飽bǎosatisfied; to eat one's fill
- 也yěalso, too
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 哭kūto weep, to cry, to wail
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 歌gēsong, lyrics; to sing, to chant
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi The Empire
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Mencius 5B.3
- Mencius 3B.4
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
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