The Analects/Book 1
On Learning
学而篇 · Hsio R.
Book 1 of the Analects, 16 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
1.1
The Master said, 'Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?
子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？有朋自远方来，”…
1.2
The philosopher Yu said, 'They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending…
有子曰：“其为人也孝弟而好犯上者，鲜矣；”…
1.3
The Master said, 'Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true…
子曰：“巧言令色，鲜矣仁！”
1.4
The philosopher Tsang said, 'I daily examine myself on three points:-- whether, in transacting…
曾子曰“吾日三省吾身：为人谋而不忠乎？”…
1.5
The Master said, To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to…
子曰：“道千乘之国，敬事而信，节用而爱人，使民以时。”…
1.6
The Master said, 'A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders…
子曰：“弟子入则孝，出则弟，谨而信，泛爱众，而亲仁。”…
1.7
Tsze-hsia said, 'If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as…
子夏曰：“贤贤易色；事父母，能竭其力；事君，”…
1.8
The Master said, 'If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any veneration, and his…
子曰：“君子不重则不威，学则不固，主忠信。”…
1.9
The philosopher Tsang said, 'Let there be a careful attention to perform the funeral rites to…
曾子曰：“慎终追远，民德归厚矣。”
1.10
Tsze-ch'in asked Tsze-kung, saying, 'When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to…
子禽问于子贡曰：“夫子至于是邦也，必闻其政，求之与？”…
1.11
The Master said, 'While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his will; when his father…
子曰：“父在，观其志。父没观其行。三年无改于父之道，”…
1.12
The philosopher Yu said, 'In practising the rules of propriety, a natural ease is to be prized.…
有子曰：“礼之用，和为贵。先王之道，斯为美，”…
1.13
The philosopher Yu said, 'When agreements are made according to what is right, what is spoken…
有子曰：“信近于义，言可复也：恭近于礼，远耻辱也，”…
1.14
The Master said, 'He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food does not seek to…
子曰：“君子食无求饱，居无求安，敏于事而慎于言，”…
1.15
Tsze-kung said, 'What do you pronounce concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter, and the…
子贡曰：“贫而无谄，富而无骄，何如？”子曰：“可也。”…
1.16
The Master said, 'I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do…
子曰：“不患人之不己知，患不知人也。”