The Analects/Book 6
Yung Yey
雍也篇 · Yung Yey.
Book 6 of the Analects, 30 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
6.1
The Master said, 'There is Yung!-- He might occupy the place of a prince.'
子曰：“雍也可使南面。”
6.2
Chung-kung asked about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, 'He may pass. He does not mind small…
仲弓问子桑伯子，子曰：“可也，简。”仲弓曰：…
6.3
The Duke Ai asked which of the disciples loved to learn. Confucius replied to him, 'There was…
哀公问：“弟子孰为好学？”孔子对曰：“有颜回者好学，”…
6.4
Tsze-hwa being employed on a mission to Ch'i, the disciple Zan requested grain for his mother.…
子华使于齐，冉子为其母请粟，子曰：“与之釜。”请益，…
6.5
Yuan Sze being made governor of his town by the Master, he gave him nine hundred measures of…
原思为之宰，与之粟九百，辞。子曰：…
6.6
The Master, speaking of Chung-kung, said, 'If the calf of a brindled cow be red and horned,…
子谓仲弓，曰：“犁牛之子骍且角，虽欲勿用，”…
6.7
The Master said, 'Such was Hui that for three months there would be nothing in his mind contrary…
子曰：“回也，其心三月不违仁。其余则日月至焉而已矣。”…
6.8
Chi K'ang asked about Chung-yu, whether he was fit to be employed as an officer of government.…
季康子问：“仲由可使从政也与？”子曰：“由也果，”…
6.9
The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze- ch'ien to be governor of Pi. Min Tsze-ch'ien…
季氏使闵子骞为费宰。闵子骞曰：“善为我辞焉。”…
6.10
Po-niu being ill, the Master went to ask for him. He took hold of his hand through the window,…
伯牛有疾。子问之，自牖执其手，曰：“亡之，命矣夫！”…
6.11
The Master said, 'Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui! With a single bamboo dish of rice, a…
子曰：“贤哉，回也！一箪食，一瓢饮，在陋巷，”…
6.12
Yen Ch'iu said, 'It is not that I do not delight in your doctrines, but my strength is…
冉求曰：“非不说子之道，力不足也。”子曰：…
6.13
The Master said to Tsze-hsia, 'Do you be a scholar after the style of the superior man, and not…
子谓子夏曰：“女为君子儒，毋为小人儒。”
6.14
Tsze-yu being governor of Wu-ch'ang, the Master said to him, 'Have you got good men there?' He…
子游为武城宰。子曰“女得人焉尔乎？”曰：…
6.15
The Master said, 'Mang Chih-fan does not boast of his merit. Being in the rear on an occasion of…
子曰：“孟之反不伐，奔而殿，将入门，策其马，曰：”…
6.16
The Master said, 'Without the specious speech of the litanist T'o and the beauty of the prince…
子曰：“不有祝鮀之佞，而有宋朝之美，”…
6.17
The Master said, 'Who can go out but by the door? How is it that men will not walk according to…
子曰：“谁能出不由户？何莫由斯道也？”
6.18
The Master said, 'Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity;…
子曰：“质胜文则野，文胜质则史。文质彬彬，然后君子。”…
6.19
The Master said, 'Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness, and yet live, his…
子曰：“人之生也直，罔之生也幸而免。”
6.20
The Master said, 'They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love…
子曰：“知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。”
6.21
The Master said, 'To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be…
子曰：“中人以上，可以语上也；中人以下，”…
6.22
Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, 'To give one's self earnestly to the…
樊迟问知，子曰：“务民之义，敬鬼神而远之，可谓知矣。”…
6.23
The Master said, 'The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise…
子曰：“知者乐水，仁者乐山。知者动，仁者静。知者乐，”…
6.24
The Master said, 'Ch'i, by one change, would come to the State of Lu. Lu, by one change, would…
子曰：“齐一变，至于鲁；鲁一变，至于道。”
6.25
The Master said, 'A cornered vessel without corners.-- A strange cornered vessel! A strange…
子曰：“觚不觚，觚哉！觚哉！”
6.26
Tsai Wo asked, saying, 'A benevolent man, though it be told him,-- 'There is a man in the well'…
问曰：“仁者，虽告之曰‘井有仁焉’，其从之也？”…
6.27
The Master said, 'The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under…
子曰：“君子博学于文，约之以礼，亦可以弗畔矣夫！”
6.28
The Master having visited Nan-tsze, Tsze-lu was displeased, on which the Master swore, saying,…
子见南子，子路不说。夫子矢之曰：“予所否者，天厌之！”…
6.29
The Master said, 'Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Constant Mean! Rare for a long…
子曰：“中庸之为德也，其至矣乎！民鲜久矣。”
6.30
Tsze-kung said, 'Suppose the case of a man extensively conferring benefits on the people, and…
子贡曰：“如有博施于民而能济众，何如？可谓仁乎？”…