The Analects论语

Book 4, Passage 4.21

The Master said, 'The years of parents may by no means not be kept in the memory, as an occasion at once for joy and for fear.'

子曰:“父母之年,不可不知也。一则以喜,一则以惧。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“父fù母mǔ之zhī年nián,不bù可kě不bù知zhī也yě。一yī则zé以yǐ喜xǐ,一yī则zé以yǐ惧jù。”

1The Master said, 'The years of parents may by no means not be kept in the memory, as an occasion at once for joy and for fear.'

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