The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 36

English: James Legge (1861), The Doctrine of the Mean, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861); romanization modernized on Wikisource — public domain. Chinese: Chinese text from the Wikisource bilingual edition.

Character glossary

• 詩shīpoetry; poem, verse, ode
• 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
• 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
• 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
• 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
• 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 愧kuìashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscie
• 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 屋wūbuilding, house, shelter; room
• 漏lòuto leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
• 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance
• 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
• 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
• 動dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
• 而érand, and then, and yet; but
• 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
• 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
• 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign

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