Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 11: 《先進》 Xian Jin (Former Eras)

《先進》 Passage 11.25

子路使子羔為費宰。子曰:「賊夫人之子。」子路曰:「有民人焉,有社稷焉。何必讀書,然後為學?」子曰:「是故惡夫佞者。」

Legge Translation (1861)

Zilu got Zigao appointed governor of Bi. The Master said: "You are injuring a man's son."

Zilu said: "There are, there, common people and officers; there are the altars of the spirits of the land and grain. Why must one read books, before he can be considered to have learned?"

The Master said: "It is on this account that I hate your glib-tongued people."
子路 子羔

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