Book 10: 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang (In the Village)
《鄉黨》 Passage 10.13
鄉人飲酒，杖者出，斯出矣。
Legge Translation (1861)
When the villagers were drinking together, on those who carried staffs going out, he went out immediately after.Word by word
- 鄉人 xiāng rén
village people, fellow villagers, members of the local community
- 鄉 village, local community
- 人 people; here, fellow villagers
- 飲酒 yǐn jiǔ
to drink wine together
- 飲 to drink
- 酒 wine, alcoholic beverage
- 杖 zhàng
to carry a cane, walk with a staff (mark of advanced age)
- 者 zhě
nominalizing particle: one who, those who
Cane-bearers were customarily the elderly at such gatherings; several translators supply 'elderly' though the Chinese has no separate age word.
- 出 chū
to go out, leave, depart
- 斯 sī
then, thereupon, marking immediate sequence: as soon as
- 出 chū
to go out, leave, depart
- 矣 yǐ
perfective particle: marks completed action
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