子曰：“片言可以折狱者，其由也与？”子路无宿诺。
1The Master said, 'Ah! it is Yu, who could with half a word settle litigations!'
2Tsze-lu never slept over a promise.
Book 12, Passage 12.12
The Master said, 'Ah! it is Yu, who could with half a word settle litigations!'
子曰：“片言可以折狱者，其由也与？”子路无宿诺。
All 24 passages in Book 1212 of 24
2 sentences · 2 notes
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.
折狱：即断案。狱，案件。
宿诺：拖了很久而没有兑现的诺言。宿，久。