The Analects论语

Book 11, Passage 11.6

Nan Yung was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder brother to wife.

南容三复“白圭”,孔子以其兄之子妻之。
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南nán容róng三sān复fù“白bái圭guī”,孔kǒng子zǐ以yǐ其qí兄xiōng之zhī子zǐ妻qī之zhī。

1Nan Yung was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder brother to wife.

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.

三复白圭:多次吟诵“白圭”之诗。《诗经·大雅·抑》有诗句“白圭之玷,尚可磨也;斯言之玷,不可为也。”意思是白玉上面的污点,还可以把它磨掉,但说话不谨慎而出错,却是无法挽回的。南容三复白圭,目的是告诫自己说话要谨慎。

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