The Analects/Book 14/14.38

Book 14, Passage 14.38

Tsze-lu happening to pass the night in Shih-man, the gatekeeper said to him, 'Whom do you come from?' Tsze-lu said, 'From Mr. K'ung.' 'It is he,-- is it not?'--…

子路宿于石门。晨门曰：“奚自？”子路曰：“自孔氏。”曰：…

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1 sentences · 2 notes

子zǐ路lù宿sù于yú石shí门mén。晨chén门mén曰yuē：“奚xī自zì？”子zǐ路lù曰yuē：“自zì孔kǒng氏shì。”曰yuē：“是shì知zhī其qí不bù可kě而ér为wéi之zhī者zhě与yú？”

1Tsze-lu happening to pass the night in Shih-man, the gatekeeper said to him, 'Whom do you come from?' Tsze-lu said, 'From Mr. K'ung.' 'It is he,-- is it not?'-- said the other, 'who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them.'

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.

石门：地名，鲁国都城的外门。

晨门：早上看守城门的人。

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