Book 1: 《學而》 Xue Er (Studying)
《學而》 Passage 1.16
子曰：「不患人之不己知，患不知人也。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 Master, honorific title for Confucius
- 曰 said, spoke
- 不患 bù huàn
not worry about, not be troubled/concerned about
- 不 not
- 患 to worry about, be concerned about
- 人 rén
other people, others
- 之不己知 zhī bù jǐ zhī
not know one, fail to recognize one
- 之 subordinating particle marking the preceding clause as a noun clause
- 不 not
- 己 oneself, one's own self
- 知 to know, understand, recognize
之 nominalizes the clause as the object of 患 ('that...'); 己 (oneself) is fronted before the verb 知 because the clause is negated.
- 患 huàn
to worry about, be concerned about
- 不知人也 bù zhī rén yě
not know others, fail to understand others
- 不 not
- 知 to know, understand
- 人 other people, others
- 也 sentence-final particle of assertion
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