《先進》 Passage 11.6

Nan Rong, a disciple of Confucius

• 南 surname: Nan (of the disciple Nan Rong)
• 容 Rong, courtesy-name element in 南容; Nangong Kuo's (南宮适) given name is 适

Translators romanize the name differently (e.g. Lau's Wade-Giles 'Nan Jung'), and Roberts moves the name to the end of the restructured sentence.

to recite repeatedly, keep repeating

• 三 repeatedly, many times over (not literally 'three')
• 復 to repeat, recite over again

三 here functions as 'again and again' rather than literally 'three'; Peimin Ni's 'thrice' reflects a literal reading of the numeral.

white jade tablet, a ceremonial jade scepter

• 白 white
• 圭 jade tablet, ceremonial jade scepter

Refers to a verse in the Book of Songs contrasting a flaw in white jade, which can be polished away, with a flaw in speech, which cannot -- the reason Nan Rong recited it as self-caution.

Confucius, the Master (Kong Qiu)

• 孔 surname: Kong (of Confucius)
• 子 honorific suffix: Master (title following a surname)

coverb marking the object taken to perform the following verb's action: with, using

his, possessive pronoun

elder brother

genitive particle marking possession: 's, of

daughter, child

to give in marriage, to make one's wife

Read qì, departing tone: a denominal verb 'to give (someone) a wife', not the noun 'wife' (qī).

him, third-person object pronoun

Roberts restructures the sentence so that 'Nan Rong' itself is the object of the marriage, leaving no separate pronoun to render this character.