The Analects论语

Book 7, Passage 7.32

When the Master was in company with a person who was singing, if he sang well, he would make him repeat the song, while he accompanied it with his own voice.

子与人歌而善,必使反之,而后和之。
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子zǐ与yǔ人rén歌gē而ér善shàn,必bì使shǐ反fǎn之zhī,而ér后hòu和hé之zhī。

1When the Master was in company with a person who was singing, if he sang well, he would make him repeat the song, while he accompanied it with his own voice.

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.

反:复,再。

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