The Analects/Book 15
Duke Ling of Wei
卫灵公篇 · Wei Ling Kung.
Book 15 of the Analects, 42 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
15.1
The Duke Ling of Wei asked Confucius about tactics. Confucius replied, 'I have heard all about…
卫灵公问陈于孔子，孔子对曰：“俎豆之事，则尝闻之矣；”…
15.2
Tsze-lu, with evident dissatisfaction, said, 'Has the superior man likewise to endure in this…
在陈绝粮，从者病，莫能兴。子路愠见，曰：…
15.3
The Master said, 'Ts'ze, you think, I suppose, that I am one who learns many things and keeps…
子曰：“赐也，女以予为多学而识之者与？”对曰：“然。”…
15.4
The Master said, 'Yu, those who know virtue are few.'
子曰：“由！知德者鲜矣。”
15.5
The Master said, 'May not Shun be instanced as having governed efficiently without exertion?…
子曰：“无为而治者，其舜也与？夫何为哉？”…
15.6
Tsze-chang asked how a man should conduct himself, so as to be everywhere appreciated.
子张问行，子曰：“言忠信，行笃敬，虽蛮貊之邦，行矣。”…
15.7
The Master said, 'Truly straightforward was the historiographer Yu. When good government…
子曰：“直哉史鱼！邦有道如矢，邦无道如矢。君子哉，”…
15.8
The Master said, 'When a man may be spoken with, not to speak to him is to err in reference to…
子曰：“可与言而不与之言，失人；”…
15.9
The Master said, 'The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the…
子曰：“志士仁人，无求生以害仁，有杀身以成仁。”
15.10
Tsze-kung asked about the practice of virtue. The Master said, 'The mechanic, who wishes to do…
子贡问为仁，子曰：“工欲善其事，必先利其器。”…
15.11
Yen Yuan asked how the government of a country should be administered.
颜渊问为邦，子曰：“行夏之时，乘殷之辂，服周之冕，”…
15.12
The Master said, 'If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at…
子曰：“人无远虑，必有近忧。”
15.13
The Master said, 'It is all over! I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.'
子曰：“已矣乎！吾未见好德如好色者也。”
15.14
The Master said, 'Was not Tsang Wan like one who had stolen his situation? He knew the virtue…
子曰：“臧文仲其窃位者与？知柳下惠之贤而不与立也。”
15.15
The Master said, 'He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself…
子曰：“躬自厚而薄责于人，则远怨矣。”
15.16
The Master said, 'When a man is not in the habit of saying-- "What shall I think of this? What…
子曰：“不曰‘如之何，如之何’者，吾末如之何也已矣。”…
15.17
The Master said, 'When a number of people are together, for a whole day, without their…
子曰，“群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧，难矣哉！”
15.18
The Master said, 'The superior man in everything considers righteousness to be essential. He…
子曰：“君子义以为质，礼以行之，孙以出之，信以成之。”…
15.19
The Master said, 'The superior man is distressed by his want of ability. He is not distressed by…
子曰：“君子病无能焉，不病人之不己知也。”
15.20
The Master said, 'The superior man dislikes the thought of his name not being mentioned after…
子曰：“君子疾没世而名不称焉。”
15.21
The Master said, 'What the superior man seeks, is in himself. What the mean man seeks, is in…
子曰：“君子求诸己，小人求诸人。”
15.22
The Master said, 'The superior man is dignified, but does not wrangle. He is sociable, but not a…
子曰：“君子矜而不争，群而不党。”
15.23
The Master said, 'The superior man does not promote a man simply on account of his words, nor…
子曰：“君子不以言举人，不以人废言。”
15.24
Tsze-kung asked, saying, 'Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's…
子贡问曰：“有一言而可以终身行之者乎？”子曰：…
15.25
The Master said, 'In my dealings with men, whose evil do I blame, whose goodness do I praise,…
子曰：“吾之于人也，谁毁谁誉？如有所誉者，”…
15.26
The Master said, 'Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and…
子曰：“吾犹及史之阙文也。有马者，借人乘之。”…
15.27
The Master said, 'Specious words confound virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds…
子曰：“巧言乱德。小不忍，则乱大谋。”
15.28
The Master said, 'When the multitude hate a man, it is necessary to examine into the case. When…
子曰：“众恶之，必察焉；众好之，必察焉。”
15.29
The Master said, 'A man can enlarge the principles which he follows; those principles do not…
子曰：“人能弘道，非道弘人。”
15.30
The Master said, 'To have faults and not to reform them,-- this, indeed, should be pronounced…
子曰：“过而不改，是谓过矣。”
15.31
The Master said, 'I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping…
子曰：“吾尝终日不食，终夜不寝，以思，无益，”…
15.32
The Master said, 'The object of the superior man is truth. Food is not his object. There is…
子曰“君子谋道不谋食。耕也，馁在其中矣。学也，”…
15.33
The Master said, 'When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not…
子曰：“知及之，仁不能守之，虽得之，必失之。知及之，”…
15.34
The Master said, 'The superior man cannot be known in little matters; but he may be intrusted…
子曰：“君子不可小知而可大受也，”…
15.35
The Master said, 'Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from…
子曰：“民之于仁也，甚于水火。水火，吾见蹈而死者矣，”…
15.36
The Master said, 'Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield…
子曰：“当仁，不让于师。”
15.37
The Master said, 'The superior man is correctly firm, and not firm merely.'
子曰：“君子贞而不谅。”
15.38
The Master said, 'A minister, in serving his prince, reverently discharges his duties, and makes…
子曰：“事君，敬其事而后其食。”
15.39
The Master said, 'In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.'
子曰：“有教无类。”
15.40
The Master said, 'Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.'
子曰：“道不同，不相为谋。”
15.41
The Master said, 'In language it is simply required that it convey the meaning.'
子曰：“辞达而已矣。”
15.42
The Music-master, Mien, having called upon him, when they came to the steps, the Master said,…
师冕见，及阶，子曰：“阶也。”及席，子曰：“席也。”…