The Analects/Book 13
Tsze-lu
子路篇 · Tsze-lu.
Book 13 of the Analects, 30 passages. Each passage has its own page with the Chinese text, a reading above every character, and the English translation.
13.1
Tsze-lu asked about government. The Master said, 'Go before the people with your example, and be…
子路问政。子曰：“先之，劳之。”请益，曰：“无倦。”
13.2
Chung-kung, being chief minister to the Head of the Chi family, asked about government. The…
仲弓为季氏宰，问政。子曰：“先有司，赦小过，举贤才。”…
13.3
Tsze-lu said, 'The ruler of Wei has been waiting for you, in order with you to administer the…
子路曰：“卫君待子而为政，子将奚先？”子曰：…
13.4
Fan Ch'ih requested to be taught husbandry. The Master said, 'I am not so good for that as an…
樊迟请学稼，子曰：“吾不如老农。”请学为圃，曰：…
13.5
The Master said, 'Though a man may be able to recite the three hundred odes, yet if, when…
子曰：“诵《诗》三百，授之以政，不达；使于四方，”…
13.6
The Master said, 'When a prince's personal conduct is correct, his government is effective…
子曰：“其身正，不令而行：其身不正，虽令不从。”
13.7
The Master said, 'The governments of Lu and Wei are brothers.'
子曰：“鲁卫之政，兄弟也。”
13.8
The Master said of Ching, a scion of the ducal family of Wei, that he knew the economy of a…
子谓卫公子荆：“善居室。始有，曰：‘苟合矣。’少有，”…
13.9
When the Master went to Wei, Zan Yu acted as driver of his carriage.
子适卫，冉有仆。子曰：“庶矣哉！”冉有曰：…
13.10
The Master said, 'If there were (any of the princes) who would employ me, in the course of…
子曰：“苟有用我者，期月而已可也，三年有成。”
13.11
The Master said, '"If good men were to govern a country in succession for a hundred years, they…
子曰：“善人为邦百年，亦可以胜残去杀矣。诚哉是言！”
13.12
The Master said, 'If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and…
子曰：“如有王者，必世而后仁。”
13.13
The Master said, 'If a minister make his own conduct correct, what difficulty will he have in…
子曰：“苟正其身矣，于从政乎何有？不能正其身，”…
13.14
The disciple Zan returning from the court, the Master said to him, 'How are you so late?' He…
冉子退朝，子曰：“何晏也？”对曰：“有政。”子曰：…
13.15
The Duke Ting asked whether there was a single sentence which could make a country prosperous.…
定公问：“一言而可以兴邦，有诸？”孔子对曰：…
13.16
The Duke of Sheh asked about government.
叶公问政，子曰：“近者说，远者来。”
13.17
Tsze-hsia, being governor of Chu-fu, asked about government. The Master said, 'Do not be…
子夏为莒父宰，问政子曰：“无欲速，无见小利。”…
13.18
The Duke of Sheh informed Confucius, saying, 'Among us here there are those who may be styled…
叶公语孔子曰：“吾党有直躬者，其父攘羊，而子证之。”…
13.19
Fan Ch'ih asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, 'It is, in retirement, to be sedately…
樊迟问仁。子曰：“居处恭，执事敬，与人忠。虽之夷狄，”…
13.20
Tsze-kung asked, saying, 'What qualities must a man possess to entitle him to be called an…
子贡问曰：“何如斯可谓之士矣？”子曰：“行己有耻，”…
13.21
The Master said, 'Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my…
子曰：“不得中行而与之，必也狂狷乎！狂者进取，”…
13.22
The Master said, 'The people of the south have a saying-- "A man without constancy cannot be…
子曰：“南人有言曰：‘人而无恒不可以作巫医。’善夫！”…
13.23
The Master said, 'The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but…
子曰：“君子和而不同，小人同而不和。”
13.24
Tsze-kung asked, saying, 'What do you say of a man who is loved by all the people of his…
子贡问曰：“乡人皆好之，何如？”子曰：“未可也。”…
13.25
The Master said, 'The superior man is easy to serve and difficult to please. If you try to…
子曰：“君子易事而难说也。说之不以道，不说也；”…
13.26
The Master said, 'The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride…
子曰：“君子泰而不骄，小人骄而不泰。”
13.27
The Master said, 'The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.'
子曰：“刚、毅、木、讷，近仁。”
13.28
Tsze-lu asked, saying, 'What qualities must a man possess to entitle him to be called a scholar?…
子路问曰：“何如斯可谓之士矣？”子曰：“切切偲偲，”…
13.29
The Master said, 'Let a good man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise be…
子曰：“善人教民七年，亦可以即戎矣。”
13.30
The Master said, 'To lead an uninstructed people to war, is to throw them away.'
子曰：“以不教民战，是谓弃之。”