Book 13: 《子路》 Zi Lu
《子路》 Passage 13.10
子曰：「苟有用我者，期月而已可也，三年有成。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "If there were any of the princes who would employ me, in the course of twelve months, I should have done something considerable. In three years, the government would be perfected."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, Confucius
- 曰 said, spoke
- 苟 gǒu
if only, provided that
- 有…者 yǒu … zhě
there is one who, someone who
- 有 there is, there exists (introducing an indefinite subject)
- 者 nominalizing particle: one who, someone who
有…者 is an existential-nominalizing frame: 'there is [someone] who...'; Roberts substitutes a specific noun ('a ruler') without a separate marker for the frame.
- 用我 yòng wǒ
employ me, put me to use
- 用 to use, employ
- 我 me, I
- 期月而已 jī yuè ér yǐ
a single twelvemonth and no more
- 期 a full cycle of, complete period of
- 月 month
- 而 conjunctive particle: and, and then
- 已 stop, cease; restrictive sense: only, merely
- 可 kě
acceptable, satisfactory result
- 也 yě
final particle of assertion
- 三年 sān nián
three years
- 三 three
- 年 year
- 有成 yǒu chéng
to have accomplishments, achieve results
- 有 to have, attain
- 成 accomplishment, success, results
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