Book 13: 《子路》 Zi Lu
《子路》 Passage 13.23
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 Master, teacher — title referring to Confucius
- 曰 to say, said
- 君子 jūn zǐ
exemplary person, gentleman
- 君 lord, ruler; 君子 is literally a lord's son
- 子 son; 君子 is literally a lord's son, one of the ruling class, which the Analects makes a term of character
- 和 hé
to be in harmony, to accord with others while retaining one's own view
Legge alone renders the 和/同 contrast as affable/adulatory (sociable manner vs. flattery) rather than harmony/sameness; the majority reading is given as the primary gloss.
- 而 ér
adversative conjunction: but, yet
- 不 bù
not
- 同 tóng
to conform, to be the same as others without distinction
- 小人 xiǎo rén
petty person, small-minded individual
- 小 small, of little worth
- 人 person
- 同 tóng
to conform, to be the same as others without distinction
- 而 ér
adversative conjunction: but, yet
- 不 bù
not
- 和 hé
to be in harmony, to accord with others while retaining one's own view
Legge alone renders the 和/同 contrast as affable/adulatory (sociable manner vs. flattery) rather than harmony/sameness; the majority reading is given as the primary gloss.
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