The Analects论语

Book 7, Passage 7.23

The Master said, 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-- what can he do to me?'

子曰:“天生德于予,桓魋其如予何?”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“天tiān生shēng德dé于yú予yú,桓huán魋tuí其qí如rú予yú何hé?”

1The Master said, 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-- what can he do to me?'

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.

桓魋:宋国的司马(主管军政的官)。孔子离开卫国去陈国,经过宋国,和弟子们在大树下演习礼仪,桓想杀孔子,砍掉大树,孔子于是离去。弟子催他快跑,孔子便说:“天生德于予,桓魋其如予何!”

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