Mencius 7A.11
Mencius (孟子), Book 7, Part I: Jin Xin I 盡心上
孟子曰：「附之以韓魏之家，如其自視欿然，則過人遠矣。」
Mencius said, 'Add to a man the families of Han and Wei. If he then look upon himself without being elated, he is far beyond the mass of men.'
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
- 附fùnearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 韓hánKorea, especially South Korea; surname
- 魏wèithe kingdom of Wei; surname
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 欿kǎnsad, gloomy, discontent
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 人rénman, person; people
- 遠yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Mencius 2B.13
- Mencius 5B.2
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Art of War 3.5
- Zhuangzi Exercise of Faculties
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