Analects 9.24
The Analects (論語), BOOK IX. TSZE HAN 子罕第九
子曰、主忠信、毋友不如己者、過則勿憚改。
The Master said, "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
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
- 主zhǔto own; to host; master; host; lord
- 忠zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelity
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 毋wúnot; do not; surname
- 友yǒufriend, companion; fraternity
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 己jǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th he
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 憚dànto fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid
- 改gǎito alter, to change, to improve, to remo
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 1.8
- Analects 12.10
- Art of War 1.13
- Mencius 2A.9
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 22
- Mencius 1B.5
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