The Analects/Book 8
T'ai Po
泰伯篇 · T'ai-po.
Book 8 of the Analects, 21 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
8.1
The Master said, 'T'ai-po may be said to have reached the highest point of virtuous action.…
子曰：“泰伯，其可谓至德也已矣。三以天下让，”…
8.2
The Master said, 'Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle;…
子曰：“恭而无礼则劳，慎而无礼则葸，勇而无礼则乱，”…
8.3
The philosopher Tsang being ill, he called to him the disciples of his school, and said,…
曾子有疾，召门弟子曰：“启予足！启予手！《诗》云：”…
8.4
The philosopher Tsang being ill, Meng Chang went to ask how he was.
曾子有疾，孟敬子问之。曾子言曰：“鸟之将死，”…
8.5
The philosopher Tsang said, 'Gifted with ability, and yet putting questions to those who were…
曾子曰：“以能问于不能，以多问于寡：有若无，实若虚；”…
8.6
The philosopher Tsang said, 'Suppose that there is an individual who can be entrusted with the…
曾子曰：“可以托六尺之孤，可以寄百里之命，”…
8.7
The philosopher Tsang said, 'The officer may not be without breadth of mind and vigorous…
曾子曰：“士不可以不弘毅，任重而道远。仁以为己任，”…
8.8
The Master said, 'It is by the Odes that the mind is aroused.
子曰：“兴于诗，立于礼，成于乐。”
8.9
The Master said, 'The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to…
子曰：“民可使由之，不可使知之。”
8.10
The Master said, 'The man who is fond of daring and is dissatisfied with poverty, will proceed…
子曰：“好勇疾贫，乱也。人而不仁，疾之已甚。乱也。”
8.11
The Master said, 'Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the Duke of Chau, yet if…
子曰：“如有周公之才之美，使骄且吝，其余不足观也已。”…
8.12
The Master said, 'It is not easy to find a man who has learned for three years without coming to…
子曰：“三年学，不至于谷，不易得也。”
8.13
The Master said, 'With sincere faith he unites the love of learning; holding firm to death, he…
子曰：“笃信好学，守死善道，危邦不入，乱邦不居。”…
8.14
The Master said, 'He who is not in any particular office, has nothing to do with plans for the…
子曰：“不在其位，不谋其政。”
8.15
The Master said, 'When the music master Chih first entered on his office, the finish of the Kwan…
子曰：“师挚之始，《关雎》之乱，洋洋乎盈耳哉。”
8.16
The Master said, 'Ardent and yet not upright; stupid and yet not attentive; simple and yet not…
子曰：“狂而不直，侗而不愿，悾悾而不信，吾不知之矣。”…
8.17
The Master said, 'Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest…
子曰：“学如不及，犹恐失之。”
8.18
The Master said, 'How majestic was the manner in which Shun and Yu held possession of the empire…
子曰：“巍巍乎，舜、禹之有天下也，而不与焉。”
8.19
The Master said, 'Great indeed was Yao as a sovereign! How majestic was he! It is only Heaven…
子曰：“大哉，尧之为君也！巍巍乎，唯天为大，”…
8.20
Shun had five ministers, and the empire was well-governed.
舜有臣五人而天下治。武王曰：“予有乱臣十人。”…
8.21
The Master said, 'I can find no flaw in the character of Yu. He used himself coarse food and…
子曰：“禹，吾无间然矣。菲饮食，而致孝乎鬼神；”…