The Analects/Book 9
The Master Rarely Spoke
子罕篇 · Tsze Han.
Book 9 of the Analects, 31 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
9.1
The subjects of which the Master seldom spoke were-- profitableness, and also the appointments…
子罕言利，与命与仁。
9.2
A man of the village of Ta-hsiang said, 'Great indeed is the philosopher K'ung! His learning is…
达巷党人曰：“大哉，孔子！博学而无所成名。”子闻之，…
9.3
The Master said, 'The linen cap is that prescribed by the rules of ceremony, but now a silk one…
子曰：“麻冕，礼也；今也纯，俭；吾从众。拜下，礼也；”…
9.4
There were four things from which the Master was entirely free. He had no foregone conclusions,…
子绝四。毋意，毋必，毋固，毋我。
9.5
The Master was put in fear in K'wang.
子畏于匡，曰：“文王既没，文不在兹乎？”…
9.6
A high officer asked Tsze-kung, saying, 'May we not say that your Master is a sage? How various…
太宰问于子贡曰：“夫子圣者与？何其多能也？”子贡曰：…
9.7
Lao said, 'The Master said, "Having no official employment, I acquired many arts."'
牢曰：“子云：‘吾不试，故艺。”’
9.8
The Master said, 'Am I indeed possessed of knowledge? I am not knowing. But if a mean person,…
子曰：“吾有知乎哉？无知也。有鄙夫问于我，空空如也，”…
9.9
The Master said, 'The FANG bird does not come; the river sends forth no map:-- it is all over…
子曰：“凤鸟不至，河不出图，吾已矣夫！”
9.10
When the Master saw a person in a mourning dress, or any one with the cap and upper and lower…
子见齐衰者、冕衣裳者与瞽者，见之，虽少，必作，过之，…
9.11
Yen Yuan, in admiration of the Master's doctrines, sighed and said, 'I looked up to them, and…
颜渊喟然叹曰：“仰之弥高，钻之弥坚，瞻之在前，”…
9.12
The Master being very ill, Tsze-lu wished the disciples to act as ministers to him.
子疾病，子路使门人为臣。病间，曰：“久矣哉，”…
9.13
Tsze-kung said, 'There is a beautiful gem here. Should I lay it up in a case and keep it? or…
子贡曰：“有美玉于斯，韫椟而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？”…
9.14
The Master was wishing to go and live among the nine wild tribes of the east.
子欲居九夷。或曰：“陋，如之何？”子曰：“君子居之，”…
9.15
The Master said, 'I returned from Wei to Lu, and then the music was reformed, and the pieces in…
子曰：“吾自卫反鲁，然后乐正，《雅》、”…
9.16
The Master said, 'Abroad, to serve the high ministers and nobles; at home, to serve one's father…
子曰：“出则事公卿，入则事父兄，丧事不敢不勉，”…
9.17
The Master standing by a stream, said, 'It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!'
子在川上曰：“逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。”
9.18
The Master said, 'I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.'
子曰：“吾未见好德如好色者也。”
9.19
The Master said, 'The prosecution of learning may be compared to what may happen in raising a…
子曰：“譬如为山，未成一篑，止，吾止也。譬如平地，”…
9.20
The Master said, 'Never flagging when I set forth anything to him;-- ah! that is Hui.'
子曰：“语之而不惰者，其回也与！”
9.21
The Master said of Yen Yuan, 'Alas! I saw his constant advance. I never saw him stop in his…
子谓颜渊，曰：“惜乎！吾见其进也，未见其止也。”
9.22
The Master said, 'There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to…
子曰：“苗而不秀者有矣夫！秀而不实者有矣夫！”
9.23
The Master said, 'A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will…
子曰：“后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？四十、”…
9.24
The Master said, 'Can men refuse to assent to the words of strict admonition? But it is…
子曰：“法语之言，能无从乎？改之为贵。巽与之言，”…
9.25
The Master said, 'Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal…
子曰：“主忠信，毋友不如己者，过，则勿惮改。”
9.26
The Master said, 'The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried off, but the will…
子曰：“三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。”
9.27
The Master said, 'Dressed himself in a tattered robe quilted with hemp, yet standing by the side…
子曰：“衣敝缊袍，与衣狐貉者立，而不耻者，其由也与？”…
9.28
The Master said, 'When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the…
子曰：“岁寒，然后知松柏之后凋也。”
9.29
The Master said, 'The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold…
子曰：“知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。”
9.30
The Master said, 'There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable…
子曰：“可与共学，未可与适道；可与适道，未可与立；”…
9.31
How the flowers of the aspen-plum flutter and turn! Do I not think of you? But your house is…
“唐棣之华，偏其反而，岂不尔思？室是远而。”子曰：…