Analects 9.17
The Analects (論語), BOOK IX. TSZE HAN 子罕第九
子曰、吾未見好德、如好色者也。
The Master said, "I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty."
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
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable;
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; s
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 15.12
- Analects 4.6
- Mencius 1B.5
- The Great Learning Passage 3
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
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