Book 15: 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong (Duke Ling of Wey)
《衛靈公》 Passage 15.12
子曰：「人無遠慮，必有近憂。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 Master, teacher; here refers to Confucius
- 曰 to say, said
- 人 rén
a person, one, someone
- 無 wú
to lack, be without
- 遠 yuǎn
distant, far off, long into the future
read temporally here: far ahead in time, not physical distance
- 慮 lǜ
to think ahead, consider
- 必 bì
surely, certainly (will)
- 有 yǒu
to have, come to experience
- 近 jìn
near, close at hand
- 憂 yōu
worry, trouble, distress
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