The Analects论语

Book 5, Passage 5.4

Tsze-kung asked, 'What do you say of me, Ts'ze? The Master said, 'You are a utensil.' 'What utensil?' 'A gemmed sacrificial utensil.'

子贡问曰:“赐也何如?”子曰:“女,器也。”曰:“何器也”曰:…
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子zǐ贡gòng问wèn曰yuē:“赐cì也yě何hé如rú?”子zǐ曰yuē:“女rǔ,器qì也yě。”曰yuē:“何hé器qì也yě”曰yuē:“瑚hú琏liǎn也yě。”

1Tsze-kung asked, 'What do you say of me, Ts'ze? The Master said, 'You are a utensil.' 'What utensil?' 'A gemmed sacrificial utensil.'

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.

瑚琏:古代祭祀时盛粮食的器具,很珍贵。

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