The Analects论语

Book 7, Passage 7.17

The Master said, 'If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.'

子曰:“加我数年,五十以学《易》,可以无大过矣。”
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1 sentences · 2 notes
子zǐ曰yuē:“加jiā我wǒ数shù年nián,五wǔ十shí以yǐ学xué《易yì》,可kě以yǐ无wú大dà过guò矣yǐ。”

1The Master said, 'If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.'

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

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

加:这里通“假”字,给予的意思。

《易》:《易经》,又称《周易》的书,其中卦辞和爻辞是孔子以前的作品,古代一部用以占筮(卜卦)

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