The Analects论语

Book 14, Passage 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!彼哉!”问管仲,曰:…
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3 sentences · 3 notes
或huò问wèn子zǐ产chǎn,子zǐ曰yuē:“惠huì人rén也yě。”问wèn子zǐ西xī,曰yuē:“彼bǐ哉zāi!彼bǐ哉zāi!”问wèn管guǎn仲zhòng,曰yuē:“人rén也yě。夺duó伯bó氏shì骈pián邑yì三sān百bǎi,饭fàn疏shū食shí,没mò齿chǐ无wú怨yuàn言yán。”

1Some one asked about Tsze-ch'an. The Master said, 'He was a kind man.'

2He asked about Tsze-hsi. The Master said, 'That man! That man!'

3He asked about Kwan Chung. 'For him,' said the Master, 'the city of Pien, with three hundred families, was taken from the chief of the Po family, who did not utter a murmuring word, though, to the end of his life, he had only coarse rice to eat.'

Chinese commentary · 3 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

子西:楚国的令尹,名申,字子西。一说为郑国大夫。

彼哉!彼哉:他呀!他呀!这是当时表示轻视的习惯语。

伯氏:齐国的大夫。骈邑:齐国的地方。

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