The Analects/Book 14
Hsien Asked
宪问篇 · Hsien Wan.
Book 14 of the Analects, 44 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
14.1
Hsien asked what was shameful. The Master said, 'When good government prevails in a state, to be…
宪问耻，子曰：“邦有道，谷；邦无道，谷，耻也。”…
14.2
The Master said, 'The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a…
子曰：“士而怀居，不足以为士矣。”
14.3
The Master said, 'When good government prevails in a state, language may be lofty and bold, and…
子曰：“邦有道，危言危行；邦无道，危行言孙。”
14.4
The Master said, 'The virtuous will be sure to speak correctly, but those whose speech is good…
子曰：“有德者必有言，有言者不必有德。仁者必有勇，”…
14.5
Nan-kung Kwo, submitting an inquiry to Confucius, said, 'I was skillful at archery, and Ao could…
南宫适问于孔子曰：“羿善射，奡荡舟，俱不得其死然。”…
14.6
The Master said, 'Superior men, and yet not always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there…
子曰：“君子而不仁者有矣夫，未有小人而仁者也。”
14.7
The Master said, 'Can there be love which does not lead to strictness with its object? Can there…
子曰：“爱之，能勿劳乎？忠焉，能勿诲乎？”
14.8
The Master said, 'In preparing the governmental notifications, P'i Shan first made the rough…
子曰：“为命，裨谌草创之，世叔讨论之，”…
14.9
Some one asked about Tsze-ch'an. The Master said, 'He was a kind man.'
或问子产，子曰：“惠人也。”问子西，曰：“彼哉！”…
14.10
The Master said, 'To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is…
子曰：“贫而无怨难，富而无骄易。”
14.11
The Master said, 'Mang Kung-ch'o is more than fit to be chief officer in the families of Chao…
子曰：“孟公绰为赵魏老则优，不可以为滕、薛大夫。”
14.12
Tsze-lu asked what constituted a COMPLETE man. The Master said, 'Suppose a man with the…
子路问成人，子曰：“若臧武仲之知、公绰之不欲，”…
14.13
The Master asked Kung-ming Chia about Kung- shu Wan, saying, 'Is it true that your master speaks…
子问公叔文子于公明贾曰：“信乎？夫子不言，不笑，”…
14.14
The Master said, 'Tsang Wu-chung, keeping possession of Fang, asked of the duke of Lu to appoint…
子曰：“臧武仲以防求为后于鲁，虽曰不要君，吾不信也。”…
14.15
The Master said, 'The duke Wan of Tsin was crafty and not upright. The duke Hwan of Ch'i was…
子曰：“晋文公谲而不正，齐桓公正而不谲。”
14.16
Tsze-lu said, 'The Duke Hwan caused his brother Chiu to be killed, when Shao Hu died with his…
子路曰：“桓公杀公子纠，召忽死之，管仲不死。”…
14.17
Tsze-kung said, 'Kwan Chung, I apprehend, was wanting in virtue. When the Duke Hwan caused his…
子贡曰：“管仲非仁者与？桓公杀公子纠，不能死，”…
14.18
The great officer, Hsien, who had been family- minister to Kung-shu Wan, ascended to the…
公叔文子之臣大夫僎与文子同升诸公。子闻之，曰：…
14.19
The Master was speaking about the unprincipled course of the duke Ling of Wei, when Ch'i K'ang…
子言卫灵公之无道也，康子曰：“夫如是，奚而不丧？”…
14.20
The Master said, 'He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.'
子曰：“其言之不怍，则为之也难。”
14.21
Chan Ch'ang murdered the Duke Chien of Ch'i.
陈成子弑简公。孔子沐浴而朝，告于哀公曰：…
14.22
Tsze-lu asked how a ruler should be served. The Master said, 'Do not impose on him, and,…
子路问事君，子曰：“勿欺也，而犯之。”
14.23
The Master said, 'The progress of the superior man is upwards; the progress of the mean man is…
子曰：“君子上达，小人下达。”
14.24
The Master said, 'In ancient times, men learned with a view to their own improvement. Now-a-days…
子曰：“古之学者为己，今之学者为人。”
14.25
Chu Po-yu sent a messenger with friendly inquiries to Confucius.
蘧伯玉使人于孔子，孔子与之坐而问焉，曰：“夫子何为？”…
14.26
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。”曾子曰：…
14.27
The Master said, 'The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.'
子曰：“君子耻其言而过其行。”
14.28
The Master said, 'The way of the superior man is threefold, but I am not equal to it. Virtuous,…
子曰：“君子道者三，我无能焉：仁者不忧，知者不惑，”…
14.29
Tsze-kung was in the habit of comparing men together. The Master said, 'Tsze must have reached a…
子贡方人，子曰：“赐也贤乎哉？夫我则不暇。”
14.30
The Master said, 'I will not be concerned at men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own…
子曰：“不患人之不己知，患其不能也。”
14.31
The Master said, 'He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of…
子曰：“不逆诈，不亿不信，抑亦先觉者，是贤乎！”
14.32
Wei-shang Mau said to Confucius, 'Ch'iu, how is it that you keep roosting about? Is it not that…
微生亩谓孔子曰：“丘何为是栖栖者与？无乃为佞乎？”…
14.33
The Master said, 'A horse is called a ch'i, not because of its strength, but because of its…
子曰：“骥不称其力，称其德也。”
14.34
Some one said, 'What do you say concerning the principle that injury should be recompensed with…
或曰：“以德报怨，何如？”子曰：“何以报德？”…
14.35
The Master said, 'Alas! there is no one that knows me.'
子曰：“莫我知也夫！”子贡曰：“何为其莫知子也？”…
14.36
The Kung-po Liao, having slandered Tsze-lu to Chi-sun, Tsze-fu Ching-po informed Confucius of it…
公伯寮愬子路于季孙。子服景伯以告，曰：…
14.37
The Master said, 'Some men of worth retire from the world.
子曰：“贤者辟世，其次辟地，其次辟色，其次辟言。”…
14.38
Tsze-lu happening to pass the night in Shih-man, the gatekeeper said to him, 'Whom do you come…
子路宿于石门。晨门曰：“奚自？”子路曰：“自孔氏。”…
14.39
The Master was playing, one day, on a musical stone in Wei, when a man, carrying a straw basket,…
子击磬于卫，有荷蒉而过孔氏之门者，曰：“有心哉，”…
14.40
Tsze-chang said, 'What is meant when the Shu says that Kao-tsung, while observing the usual…
子张曰：“《书》云：‘高宗谅阴，三年不言。’何谓也？”…
14.41
The Master said, 'When rulers love to observe the rules of propriety, the people respond readily…
子曰：“上好礼，则民易使也。”
14.42
Tsze-lu asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, 'The cultivation of himself in…
子路问君子，子曰：“修己以敬。”曰：“如斯而已乎？”…
14.43
Yuan Zang was squatting on his heels, and so waited the approach of the Master, who said to him,…
原壤夷俟。子曰：“幼而不孙弟，长而无述焉，老而不死，”…
14.44
A youth of the village of Ch'ueh was employed by Confucius to carry the messages between him and…
阙党童子将命。或问之曰：“益者与？”子曰：…