The Analects论语

Book 9, Passage 9.10

When the Master saw a person in a mourning dress, or any one with the cap and upper and lower garments of full dress, or a blind person, on observing them…

子见齐衰者、冕衣裳者与瞽者,见之,虽少,必作,过之,必趋。
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子zǐ见jiàn齐zī衰shuāi者zhě、冕miǎn衣yī裳shang者zhě与yǔ瞽gǔ者zhě,见jiàn之zhī,虽suī少shǎo,必bì作zuò,过guò之zhī,必bì趋qū。

1When the Master saw a person in a mourning dress, or any one with the cap and upper and lower garments of full dress, or a blind person, on observing them approaching, though they were younger than himself, he would rise up, and if he had to pass by them, he would do so hastily.

Chinese commentary · 3 notes

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

齐衰:丧服,古时用麻布制成。衣:上衣。裳:下服。瞽:盲。

作:站起来,表示敬意。

趋:快步走,亦表示敬意。

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