Analects 9.28
The Analects (論語), BOOK IX. TSZE HAN 子罕第九
子曰、知者不惑、仁者不憂、勇者不懼。
The Master said, "The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear."
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
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 惑huòto confuse, to mislead; to doubt
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
- 憂yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 勇yǒngbrave, courageous, fierce
- 懼jùto fear, to dread
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 14.30
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Analects 12.4
- Analects 17.24
- Analects 14.5
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