子曰：“凤鸟不至，河不出图，吾已矣夫！”
1The Master said, 'The FANG bird does not come; the river sends forth no map:-- it is all over with me!'
Book 9, Passage 9.9
The Master said, 'The FANG bird does not come; the river sends forth no map:-- it is all over with me!'
子曰：“凤鸟不至，河不出图，吾已矣夫！”
All 31 passages in Book 99 of 31
1 sentences · 2 notes
Chinese commentary · 2 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
凤鸟：传说中的一种神鸟。凤鸟出现就预示天下太平。
河图：传说圣人受命，黄河就出现图画，即八卦图。《尚书顾命》孔安国注：“河图，八卦。伏羲王天下，龙马出河，遂则其文以画八卦，谓之河图。”