Mencius 4B.10
Mencius (孟子), Book 4, Part II: Li Lou II 離婁下
孟子曰：「仲尼不為已甚者。」
Mencius said, 'Zhong Ni did not do extraordinary things.'
James Legge (1861), The Works of Mencius, The Chinese Classics vol. 2 (1861; 2nd ed. 1895); romanization modernized on Wikisource — public domain.
Character glossary
- 孟mèngfirst in a series; great, eminent
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 仲zhòngmiddle brother; go between, mediator; su
- 尼níBuddhist nun; used in transliterations
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 為wèito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterw
- 甚shénconsiderably; very, extremely; a great e
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
Passages with shared wording
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