The Analects论语

Book 9, Passage 9.28

The Master said, 'When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lose their leaves.'

子曰:“岁寒,然后知松柏之后凋也。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“岁suì寒hán,然rán后hòu知zhī松sōng柏bǎi之zhī后hòu凋diāo也yě。”

1The Master said, 'When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lose their leaves.'

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.

凋:凋零。

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