The Analects论语

Book 6, Passage 6.1

The Master said, 'There is Yung!-- He might occupy the place of a prince.'

子曰:“雍也可使南面。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“雍yōng也yě可kě使shǐ南nán面miàn。”

1The Master said, 'There is Yung!-- He might occupy the place of a prince.'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

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

南面:古时尊者的位置是坐北朝南,天子、诸侯时皆面南而坐。此以“南面”代指卿大夫之位。

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