The Analects论语
The Analects/Book 16

The Chi Family

季氏篇 · Ke She.

Book 16 of the Analects, 14 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.

16.1

The head of the Chi family was going to attack Chwan-yu.

季氏将伐颛臾。冉有、季路见于孔子,曰:…
16.2

Confucius said, 'When good government prevails in the empire, ceremonies, music, and punitive…

孔子曰:“天下有道,则礼乐征伐自天子出:天下无道,”…
16.3

Confucius said, 'The revenue of the state has left the ducal House now for five generations. The…

孔子曰:“禄之去公室五世矣,政逮于大夫四世矣,”…
16.4

Confucius said, 'There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are…

孔子曰:“益者三友,损者三友。友直,友谅,友多闻,”…
16.5

Confucius said, 'There are three things men find enjoyment in which are advantageous, and three…

孔子曰:“益者三乐,损者三乐。乐节礼乐,乐道人之善,”…
16.6

Confucius said, 'There are three errors to which they who stand in the presence of a man of…

孔子曰:“侍于君子有三愆:言未及之而言谓之躁,”…
16.7

Confucius said, 'There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth, when…

孔子曰:“君子有三戒:少之时,血气未定,戒之在色;”…
16.8

Confucius said, 'There are three things of which the superior man stands in awe. He stands in…

孔子曰:“君子有三畏:畏天命,畏大人,畏圣人之言。”…
16.9

Confucius said, 'Those who are born with the possession of knowledge are the highest class of…

孔子曰:“生而知之者,上也;学而知之者,次也:”…
16.10

Confucius said, 'The superior man has nine things which are subjects with him of thoughtful…

孔子曰:“君子有九思。视思明,听思聪,色思温,”…
16.11

Confucius said, 'Contemplating good, and pursuing it, as if they could not reach it;…

孔子曰:“见善如不及,见不善如探汤。吾见其人矣,”…
16.12

The duke Ching of Ch'i had a thousand teams, each of four horses, but on the day of his death,…

齐景公有马千驷,死之日,民无德而称焉。伯夷、…
16.13

Ch'an K'ang asked Po-yu, saying, 'Have you heard any lessons from your father different from…

陈亢问于伯鱼曰:“子亦有异闻乎?”对曰:“未也。”…
16.14

The wife of the prince of a state is called by him FU ZAN. She calls herself HSIAO T'UNG. The…

邦君之妻,君称之曰夫人,夫人自称曰小童;…

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