The Analects论语

Book 2, Passage 2.6

Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick.'

孟武伯问孝,子曰:“父母唯其疾之忧。”
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1 sentences · 2 notes
孟mèng武wǔ伯bó问wèn孝xiào,子zǐ曰yuē:“父fù母mǔ唯wéi其qí疾jí之zhī忧yōu。”

1Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick.'

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

孟武伯:上文孟懿子的儿子,名彘,“武”是谥号。

其:指孝子。

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