Analects of Confucius Chapter 9

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Analects of Confucius Chapter 9

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9.1

Original: 罕言利、与命、与仁。

English: Confucius seldom spoke of...

9.2

Original: 达巷党人曰：“大哉孔子，博学而无所成名。”子闻之，谓门弟子曰：“吾何执？执御乎，执射乎？吾执御矣。”

English: People from Da Xiang Tang said:"Confucius is...

9.3

Original: 子曰：“麻冕，礼也；今也纯，俭，吾从众。拜下，礼也；今拜乎上，泰也。虽违众，吾从下。”

English: Confucius said:"A ceremonial headdress of flax is...

9.4

Original: 子绝四：毋意，毋必，毋固，毋我。

English: Confucius rejects the four behaviors: ...

9.5

Original: 子畏于匡，曰：“文王既没，文不在兹乎？天之将丧斯文也，后死者不得与于斯文也；天之未丧斯文也，匡人其如予何？”

English: Confucius was locked up in Kuang. Confucius said:"With...

9.6

Original:: 太宰问于子贡曰：“夫子圣者与？何其多能也？”子贡曰：“固天纵之将圣，又多能也。”子闻之，曰：“太宰知我乎！吾少也贱，故多能鄙事。君子多乎哉？不多也！”牢曰：“子云：‘吾不试，故艺。’”

English: A high ranking officer asks Zi Gong:"Isn't your...

9.7

Original: 子曰：“吾有知乎哉？无知也。有鄙夫问于我，空空如也。我叩其两端而竭焉。”

English: Confucius said:"Do I have wisdom?...

9.8

Original: 子曰：“凤鸟不至，河不出图，吾已矣夫！”

English: Confucius said:"The phoenix...

9.9

Original: 子见齐衰者、冕衣裳者与瞽者，见之，虽少，必作；过之，必趋。

English: When Confucius see men in...

9.10

Original: 颜渊喟然叹曰：“仰之弥高，钻之弥坚。瞻之在前，忽焉在后。夫子循循然善诱人，博我以文，约我以礼，约我以礼。欲罢不能，如有所立卓尔，虽欲从之，末由也已。”

English: Yan Yuan sighed and lamented:"Looking up, it is...

9.11

Original: 子疾病，子路使门人为臣。病间，曰：“久矣哉，由之行诈也！无臣而为有臣。吾谁欺，欺天乎！且予与其死于臣之手也，无宁死于二三子之手乎！且予纵不得大葬，予死于道路乎？”

English: Confucius was seriously ill. Zi Lu asked...

9.12

Original: 子贡曰：“有美玉于斯，韫椟而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？”子曰：“沽之哉！沽之哉！我待贾者也。”

English: Zi Gong said:"If I have a piece of...

9.13

Original: 子欲居九夷。或曰：“陋，如之何？”子曰：“君子居之，何陋之有？”

English: Confucius wish to live with one of the...

9.14

Original: 子曰：“吾自卫反鲁，然后乐正，《雅》、《颂》各得其所。”

English: Confucius said:"I return from State of...

9.15

Original: 子曰：“出则事公卿，入则事父兄，丧事不敢不勉，不为酒困，何有于我哉。”

English: Confucius said:"When working, be of service to...

9.16

Original: 子在川上曰：“逝者如斯夫，不舍昼夜！”

English: Confucius was by a river, he said:"What has...

9.17

Original: 子曰：“吾未见好德如好色者也。”

English: Confucius said:" I have not seen...

9.18

Original: 子曰：“譬如为山，未成一篑，止，吾止也。譬如平地，虽覆一篑，进，吾往也。”

English: Confucius said:"As in the case of making a...

9.19

Original: 子曰：“语之而不惰者，其回也与。”

English: Confucius said:"If anyone can listen to...

9.20

Original: 子谓颜渊曰：“惜乎！吾见其进也，未见其止也！”

English: Confucius said of Yan Yuan:"What a...

9.21

Original: 子曰：“苗而不秀者有矣夫！秀而不实者有矣夫！”

English: Confucius said:"There are young plants that...

9.22

Original: 子曰：“后生可畏，焉知来者之如今也？四十五十而无闻焉，斯亦不足畏也已。”

English: Confucius said:"It is fitting that we should...

9.23

Original: 子曰：“法语之言，能无从乎？改之为贵。巽与之言，能无说乎？绎之为贵。说而不绎，从而不改，吾末如之何也已矣。”

English: Confucius said:"Can severe words...

9.24

Original: 子曰：“主忠信，毋友不如己者，过则勿惮改。”

English: Confucius said:"One should advocate...

9.25

Original: 子曰：“三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。”

English: Confucius said:"We can deprived the army from...

9.26

Original: 子曰：“衣敝温袍，与衣狐貉者立，而不耻者，其由也与。‘不忮不求，何用不臧？’”子路终身诵之。子曰：“是道也，何足以臧？”

English: Confucius said:"Clothed in shabby clothes and...

9.27

Original: 子曰：“岁寒，然后知松柏之后凋也！”

English: Confucius said:"Only when the cold season comes, then we...

9.28

Original; 子曰：“知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。”

English: Confucius said:"The wise has no...

9.29

Original: 子曰：“可与共学，未可与适道；可与适道，未可与立；可与立，未可与权。”

English: Confucius said:"Good partners in learning does not mean

9.30

Original: “唐棣之华偏其反而。岂不尔思？室是远尔。”子曰：“未之思也夫何远之有。”

English: "Oh how the flower blossom and dance! How can I not...