The Analects/Book 2
On Government
为政篇 · Wei Chang.
Book 2 of the Analects, 24 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
2.1
The Master said, 'He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the…
子曰：“为政以德，譬如北辰居其所而众星共之。”
2.2
The Master said, 'In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may…
子曰：“《诗》三百，一言以蔽之，曰：‘思无邪’。”
2.3
The Master said, 'If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by…
子曰：“道之以政，齐之以刑，民免而无耻。道之以德，”…
2.4
The Master said, 'At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning.
子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，”…
2.5
Mang I asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'It is not being disobedient.'
孟懿子问孝，子曰：“无违。”樊迟御，子告之曰：…
2.6
Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'Parents are anxious lest their children…
孟武伯问孝，子曰：“父母唯其疾之忧。”
2.7
Tsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'The filial piety of now-a-days means the…
子游问孝，子曰：“今之孝者，是谓能养。至于犬马，”…
2.8
Tsze-hsia asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'The difficulty is with the countenance.…
子夏问孝，子曰：“色难。有事，弟子服其劳；有酒食，”…
2.9
The Master said, 'I have talked with Hui for a whole day, and he has not made any objection to…
子曰：“吾与回言终日，不违，如愚。退而省其私，”…
2.10
The Master said, 'See what a man does.
子曰：“视其所以，观其所由，察其所安。人焉廋哉？”…
2.11
The Master said, 'If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring…
子曰：“温故而知新，可以为师矣。”
2.12
The Master said, 'The accomplished scholar is not a utensil.'
子曰：“君子不器。”
2.13
Tsze-kung asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, 'He acts before he speaks,…
子贡问君子，子曰：“先行其言而后从之。”
2.14
The Master said, 'The superior man is catholic and no partisan. The mean man is partisan and not…
子曰：“君子周而不比，小人比而不周。”
2.15
The Master said, 'Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.…
子曰：“学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。”
2.16
The Master said, 'The study of strange doctrines is injurious indeed!'
子曰：“攻乎异端，斯害也已！”
2.17
The Master said, 'Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that…
子曰：“由！诲汝，知之乎？知之为知之，不知为不知，”…
2.18
Tsze-chang was learning with a view to official emolument.
子张学干禄，子曰：“多闻阙疑，慎言其余，则寡尤，”…
2.19
The Duke Ai asked, saying, 'What should be done in order to secure the submission of the people?…
哀公问曰：“何为则民服？”孔子对曰：…
2.20
Chi K'ang asked how to cause the people to reverence their ruler, to be faithful to him, and to…
季康子问：“使民敬、忠以劝，如之何？”子曰：…
2.21
Some one addressed Confucius, saying, 'Sir, why are you not engaged in the government?'
或谓孔子曰：“子奚不为政？”子曰：“《书》云：”…
2.22
The Master said, 'I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large…
子曰：“人而无信，不知其可也。大车无輗，小车无軏，”…
2.23
Tsze-chang asked whether the affairs of ten ages after could be known.
子张问：“十世可知也？”子曰：“殷因于夏礼，”…
2.24
The Master said, 'For a man to sacrifice to a spirit which does not belong to him is flattery.
子曰：“非其鬼而祭之，谄也。见义不为，无勇也。”