Book 10: 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang (In the Village)
《鄉黨》 Passage 10.20
君命召，不俟駕行矣。
Legge Translation (1861)
When the prince's order called him, without waiting for his carriage to be yoked, he went at once.Word by word
- 君 jūn
ruler, lord
- 命召 mìng zhào
to summon by (official) order
- 命 order, command; a directive issued by the ruler
- 召 to summon, call for
命 (order) and 召 (summon) together denote a formal summons issued by the ruler; most translators fuse the two into a single verb, 'summoned'.
- 不 bù
negative particle: not
- 俟 sì
to wait for
- 駕 jià
the yoking of the carriage, horses being harnessed to it
- 行 xíng
to set off, depart
- 矣 yǐ
final particle marking completed or realized action
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