The Analects论语

Book 5, Passage 5.3

The Master said of Tsze-chien, 'Of superior virtue indeed is such a man! If there were not virtuous men in Lu, how could this man have acquired this character?'

子谓子贱:“君子哉若人!鲁无君子者,斯焉取斯?”
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子zǐ谓wèi子zǐ贱jiàn:“君jūn子zǐ哉zāi若ruò人rén!鲁lǔ无wú君jūn子zǐ者zhě,斯sī焉yān取qǔ斯sī?”

1The Master said of Tsze-chien, 'Of superior virtue indeed is such a man! If there were not virtuous men in Lu, how could this man have acquired this character?'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

子贱:姓宓,名不齐,字子贱,也是孔子的高足。

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