The Analects论语

Book 7, Passage 7.7

The Master said, 'From the man bringing his bundle of dried flesh for my teaching upwards, I have never refused instruction to any one.'

子曰:“自行束脩以上,吾未尝无诲焉。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“自zì行xíng束shù脩xiū以yǐ上shàng,吾wú未wèi尝cháng无wú诲huì焉yān。”

1The Master said, 'From the man bringing his bundle of dried flesh for my teaching upwards, I have never refused instruction to any one.'

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.

束脩:一束干肉,即十条干肉,是古代一种最菲薄的见面礼。

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