Analects 9.19
The Analects (論語), BOOK IX. TSZE HAN 子罕第九
子曰、語之而不惰者、其回也與。
The Master said, "Never flagging when I set forth anything to him;—ah! that is Hui."
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
- 語yǔwords, language; saying, expression
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 惰duòlazy, idle, indolent; careless
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 也yěalso, too
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
Passages with shared wording
- Mencius 5A.4
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Analects 9.23
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
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