The Analects/Book 5/5.7

Book 5, Passage 5.7

The Master said, 'My doctrines make no way. I will get upon a raft, and float about on the sea. He that will accompany me will be Yu, I dare say.' Tsze-lu…

子曰：“道不行，乘桴浮于海，从我者，其由与！”子路闻之喜。子曰：…

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子zǐ曰yuē：“道dào不bù行xíng，乘chéng桴fú浮fú于yú海hǎi，从cóng我wǒ者zhě，其qí由yóu与yú！”子zǐ路lù闻wén之zhī喜xǐ。子zǐ曰yuē：“由yóu也yě好hào勇yǒng过guò我wǒ，无wú所suǒ取qǔ材cái。”

1The Master said, 'My doctrines make no way. I will get upon a raft, and float about on the sea. He that will accompany me will be Yu, I dare say.' Tsze-lu hearing this was glad, upon which the Master said, 'Yu is fonder of daring than I am. He does not exercise his judgment upon matters.'

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.

桴：用来在水面浮行的木排或竹排，大的叫筏，小的叫桴。

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