Book 13, Passage 13.22

The Master said, 'The people of the south have a saying-- "A man without constancy cannot be either a wizard or a doctor." Good!

子曰：“南人有言曰：‘人而无恒不可以作巫医。’善夫！”“不恒其德，”…

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3 sentences · 3 notes

子zǐ曰yuē：“南nán人rén有yǒu言yán曰yuē：‘人rén而ér无wú恒héng不bù可kě以yǐ作zuò巫wū医yī。’善shàn夫fú！”“不bù恒héng其qí德dé，或huò承chéng之zhī羞xiū。”子zǐ曰yuē：“不bù占zhàn而ér已yǐ矣yǐ。”

1The Master said, 'The people of the south have a saying-- "A man without constancy cannot be either a wizard or a doctor." Good!

2'Inconstant in his virtue, he will be visited with disgrace.'

3The Master said, 'This arises simply from not attending to the prognostication.'

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.

巫医：用卜筮为人治病的人。

不恒其德，或承之羞：此二句引自《易经·恒卦·爻辞》。意思是说，人如果不能长期坚持自己的德行，有时就要遭受羞辱。

占：占卜。