The Analects论语

Book 17, Passage 17.22

The Master said, 'Hard is it to deal with him, who will stuff himself with food the whole day, without applying his mind to anything good! Are there not…

子曰:“饱食终日,无所用心,难矣哉!不有博弈者乎,为之犹贤乎已。”
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1 sentences · 2 notes
子zǐ曰yuē:“饱bǎo食shí终zhōng日rì,无wú所suǒ用yòng心xīn,难nán矣yǐ哉zāi!不bù有yǒu博bó弈yì者zhě乎hū,为wéi之zhī犹yóu贤xián乎hū已yǐ。”

1The Master said, 'Hard is it to deal with him, who will stuff himself with food the whole day, without applying his mind to anything good! Are there not gamesters and chess players? To be one of these would still be better than doing nothing at all.'

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.

博弈:博,掷骰子。弈,古代围棋。

已:止,不动的意思。

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