Book 11: 《先進》 Xian Jin (Former Eras)
《先進》 Passage 11.7
Legge Translation (1861)
Ji Kang asked which of the disciples loved to learn. Confucius replied to him: "There was Yan Hui; he loved to learn. Unfortunately his appointed time was short, and he died. Now there is no one who loves to learn, as he did."Word by word
- 季康子 jì kāng zǐ
Ji Kangzi, head of the Ji family, a powerful minister of Lu
- 季 surname: Ji
- 康 name element: Kang
- 子 honorific title suffix: master, lord
- 問 wèn
to ask
- 弟子 dì zǐ
disciples, students
- 弟 junior, disciple
- 子 disciple, student
- 孰 shú
who, which one
- 為 wéi
reckoned as, considered to be
only Slingerland and Peimin Peimin Ni give it a distinct modal rendering of reputation.
- 好學 hào xué
to love learning, be fond of study
- 好 to love, be fond of
- 學 learning, to study
- 孔子 kǒng zǐ
Confucius (Master Kong)
- 孔 surname: Kong
- 子 honorific title suffix: master
- 對曰 duì yuē
replied, answered
- 對 in reply, responding
- 曰 to say, said
- 有 yǒu
there was, there existed
- 顏回 yán huí
Yan Hui, a disciple of Confucius
- 顏 surname: Yan
- 回 given name: Hui
- 者 zhě
relativizing particle: who, the one who
- 好學 hào xué
loved learning, was fond of study
- 好 to love, be fond of
- 學 learning, to study
- 不幸 bù xìng
unfortunately, as ill luck would have it
- 不 not
- 幸 fortunate, lucky
- 短命 duǎn mìng
short-lived, fated to a short life
- 短 short
- 命 allotted lifespan, fate
- 死 sǐ
to die, dead
- 矣 yǐ
final particle marking completed action, emphatic realization
- 今也 jīn yě
now, at the present time
- 今 now, the present time
- 也 topic-marking particle: as for, as regards
也 marks 今 as the topic of the following clause ('as for now'); most translators simply give the time word and let sentence-initial position and the comma do 也's work, but Roberts renders it explicitly with 'As for'.
- 則 zé
resumptive particle: then, in that case, marking the comment after a topic
- 亡 wú
there is none, no one exists
亡 here stands for 無, 'there is none', and is read wú, not wáng 'to perish'; the same usage appears at 6.3 and 12.5.
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