Analects of Confucius Chapter 4

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4.1

Original: 子曰：“里仁为美。择不处仁，焉得知。”

English: Confucius said:"To live among benevolence is...

4.2

Original: 子曰：“不仁者，不可以久处约，不可以长处乐。仁者安仁，知者利仁。”

English: Confucius said:"Those that are not benevolent, cannot...

4.3

Original: 子曰：“唯仁者能好人，能恶人。”

English: Confucius said:" Only the benevolent is...

4.4

Original: 子曰：“苟志于仁矣，无恶也。”

English: Confucius said:"If a man sets his heart on...

4.5

Original: 子曰：“富与贵，是人之所欲也；不以其道得之，不处也。贫与贱，是人之所恶也；不以其道得之，不去也。君子去仁，恶乎成名？君子无终食之间违仁，造次必于是，颠沛必于是。”

English: Confucius said:"Riches and power are every man's desire. If attaining them is not by...

4.6

Original: 子曰：“我未见好仁者，恶不仁者。好仁者，无以尚之；恶不仁者，其为仁矣，不使不仁者加乎其身。有能一日用其力于仁矣乎？我未见力不足者。盖有之矣，我未之见也。”

English: Confucius said:"I have yet to meet a man who loves...

4.7

Original: 子曰：“人之过也，各于其党。观过，斯知仁矣。”

English: Confucius said:"In his errors a man...

4.8

Original: 子曰：“朝闻道，夕死可矣。”

English: Confucius said:"One has not lived in vain if...

4.9

Original: 子曰：“士志于道，而耻恶衣恶食者，未足与议也。”

English: Confucius said:"If someone aspires to seek the Way, but...

4.10

Original: 子曰：“君子之于天下也，无适也，无莫也，义之与比。”

English: Confucius said:"The gentleman, in his dealings with...

4.11

Original: 子曰：“君子怀德，小人怀土；君子怀刑，小人怀惠。”

English: Confucius said:"The gentleman embrace...

4.12

Original: 子曰：“放于利而行，多怨。”

English: Confucius said:"Conduct guided by...

4.13

Original: 子曰：“能以礼让为国乎，何有？不能以礼让为国，如礼何？”

English: Confucius said:" If a state is ruled by rites and...

4.14

Original: 子曰：“不患无位，患所以立；不患莫己知，求为可知也。”

English: Confucius said:"Do not be concerned about being without an...

4.15

Original: 子曰：“参乎！吾道一以贯之。”曾子曰：“唯。”子出，门人问曰：“何谓也？” 曾子曰：“夫子之道，忠恕而已矣！”

English: Confucius said:"Sheng, the Way that I advocate has one...

4.16

Original: 子曰：“君子喻于义，小人喻于利。”

English: Confucius said:"The gentleman understands...

4.17

Original: 子曰：“见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。”

English: Confucius said:"Meet the virtuous and think how to be...

4.18

Original: 子曰：“事父母，几谏，见志不从，又敬不违，劳而不怨。”

English: Confucius said:"In serving parents, make suggestion...

4.19

Original: 子曰：“父母在，不远游，游必有方。”

English: Confucius said:"While your parents are alive, do...

4.20

Original: 子曰：“三年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣。”

English: Confucius said:"If after three years, the father's way has...

4.21

Original: 子曰：“父母之年，不可不知也。一则以喜，一则以惧。”

English: Confucius said:"A man should not be ignorant of the...

4.22

Original: 子曰：“古者言之不出，耻躬之不逮也。”

English: Confucius said:"In ancient times, men hesitated to...

4.23

Original: 子曰：“以约失之者鲜矣！”

English: Confucius said:"It is rare for a man to...

4.24

Original: 子曰：“君子欲讷于言而敏于行。”

English: Confucius said:"A gentleman wishes...

4.25

Original: 子曰：“德不孤，必有邻。”

English: Confucius said:"With virtue there is no...

4.26

Original: 子游曰：“事君数，斯辱矣；朋友数，斯疏矣。”

English: Zi You said:"To be importunate(1) with one's lord will...