Analects 8.15
The Analects (論語), BOOK VIII. T'AI-PO 泰伯第八
子曰、師摯之始、關睢之亂、洋洋乎盈耳哉。
The Master said, "When the music master Chih first entered on his office, the finish of the Kwan Tsu was magnificent;—how it filled the ears!"
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
- 師shīteacher, professional, master
- 摯zhìsincere, warm, cordial; surname
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 始shǐto begin, to start; beginning
- 關guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relati
- 睢suīto gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited
- 亂luànanarchy, chaos; revolt
- 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 盈yíngfull, overflowing; surplus; to fill
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Analects 18.9
- Analects 11.15
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Analects 3.20
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 16
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