The Analects论语

Book 14, Passage 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?”子曰:“不怨天,”…
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2 sentences · 2 notes
子zǐ曰yuē:“莫mò我wǒ知zhī也yě夫fú!”子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē:“何hé为wéi其qí莫mò知zhī子zǐ也yě?”子zǐ曰yuē:“不bù怨yuàn天tiān,不bù尤yóu人rén,下xià学xué而ér上shàng达dá。知zhī我wǒ者zhě其qí天tiān乎hū!”

1The Master said, 'Alas! there is no one that knows me.'

2Tsze-kung said, 'What do you mean by thus saying-- that no one knows you?' The Master replied, 'I do not murmur against Heaven. I do not grumble against men. My studies lie low, and my penetration rises high. But there is Heaven;-- that knows me!'

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.

尤:责怪。

其:前句中“其”字是用于句中的助词,无义。本句中“其”字用于拟议不定,可以译为“大概”或“恐怕”。

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