Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 14: 《憲問》 Xian Wen (Xian Asked)

《憲問》 Passage 14.35

子曰:「莫我知也夫!」子貢曰:「何為其莫知子也?」子曰:「不怨天,不尤人。下學而上達。知我者,其天乎!」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "A horse is called a ji, not because of its strength, but because of its other good qualities."
天命

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