Analects 9.14
The Analects (論語), BOOK IX. TSZE HAN 子罕第九
子曰、吾自衞反魯、然後樂正、雅頌各得其所。
The Master said, "I returned from Wei to Lu, and then the music was reformed, and the pieces in the Royal songs and Praise songs all found their proper places."
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
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 衞wèiguard, protect, defend
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 魯lǔfoolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 後hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 樂lècheerful, happy, laughing; music
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 雅yǎelegant, graceful, refined
- 頌sòngto laud, to acclaim; ode, hymn
- 各gèindividual; each, every; all
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 1A.2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 61
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
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