The Analects论语

Book 14, Passage 14.31

The Master said, 'He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily…

子曰:“不逆诈,不亿不信,抑亦先觉者,是贤乎!”
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1 sentences · 2 notes
子zǐ曰yuē:“不bù逆nì诈zhà,不bù亿yì不bù信xìn,抑yì亦yì先xiān觉jué者zhě,是shì贤xián乎hū!”

1The Master said, 'He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily (when they occur);-- is he not a man of superior worth?'

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.

逆诈:逆,事先预料。逆诈,据颜师古:“谓以诈意逆猜人也。”

亿:通“臆”,主观臆测。

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