Book 14: 《憲問》 Xian Wen (Xian Asked)
《憲問》 Passage 14.14
子曰：「臧武仲以防求為後於魯，雖曰不要君，吾不信也。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "Zang Wuzhong, keeping possession of Fang, asked of the duke of Lu to appoint a successor to him in his family. Although it may be said that he was not using force with his sovereign, I believe he was."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, i.e. Confucius
- 曰 said, spoke (introducing a quotation)
- 臧武仲 zāng wǔ zhòng
Zang Wuzhong, a Lu grandee of the Zang lineage
- 臧 surname Zang
- 武 Wu, posthumous epithet in 臧武仲; Zang Sun He's (臧孫紇) given name is 紇
- 仲 Zhong, birth-order element in 臧武仲, appellation of Zang Sun He (臧孫紇); 武 is his posthumous epithet
- 以 yǐ
using, by means of
- 防 fáng
Fang, the Zang family's fief-town
- 求 qiú
to seek, request
- 為 wéi
to become, be made (into)
- 後 hòu
successor, heir
- 於 yú
preposition: to, from, of (marking the party appealed to)
- 魯 lǔ
Lu, the state
- 雖 suī
although, even though
- 曰 yuē
said, it is claimed, was said
- 不 bù
not
- 要 yāo
to coerce, force, compel
read yāo, to coerce, extort (朱熹: 要，有挾而求也), not yào, to want or need.
- 君 jūn
ruler, lord
- 吾 wú
I, me
- 不 bù
not
- 信 xìn
to believe, trust
- 也 yě
final particle of assertion
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