The Analects论语

Book 7, Passage 7.21

The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were-- extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings.

子不语:怪、力、乱、神。
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子zǐ不bù语yǔ:怪guài、力lì、乱luàn、神shén。

1The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were-- extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings.

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.

怪:怪异之事。力:施暴逞强、以力服人。乱:叛乱。神:鬼神之事。

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