The Analects论语

Book 6, Passage 6.11

The Master said, 'Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui! With a single bamboo dish of rice, a single gourd dish of drink, and living in his mean narrow lane,…

子曰:“贤哉,回也!一箪食,一瓢饮,在陋巷,人不堪其忧,”…
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子zǐ曰yuē:“贤xián哉zāi,回huí也yě!一yī箪dān食shí,一yī瓢piáo饮yǐn,在zài陋lòu巷xiàng,人rén不bù堪kān其qí忧yōu,回huí也yě不bù改gǎi其qí乐lè。贤xián哉zāi,回huí也yě!”

1The Master said, 'Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui! With a single bamboo dish of rice, a single gourd dish of drink, and living in his mean narrow lane, while others could not have endured the distress, he did not allow his joy to be affected by it. Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui!'

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

箪:古代盛饭的竹器。

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