Book 15: 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong (Duke Ling of Wey)
《衛靈公》 Passage 15.42
Legge Translation (1861)
The Music-master, Mian, having called upon him, when they came to the steps, the Master said, "Here are the steps."When they came to the mat for the guest to sit upon, he said, "Here is the mat."
When all were seated, the Master informed him, saying, "So and so is here; so and so is here."
The Music-master, Mian, having gone out, Zizhang asked, saying. "Is it the rule to tell those things to the Music-master?"
The Master said, "Yes. This is certainly the rule for those who lead the blind."
Word by word
- 師冕 shī miǎn
Music Master Mian, proper name
- 師 title for a court Music Master, here the blind musician Mian
- 冕 Mian, personal name of this blind Music Master
- 見 xiàn
to have an audience with, call on
- 及 jí
to reach, arrive at
- 階 jiē
stairs, steps
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, Confucius
- 曰 said
- 階 jiē
stairs, steps
- 也 yě
sentence-final particle of assertion
- 及 jí
to reach, arrive at
- 席 xí
mat, seat
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, Confucius
- 曰 said
- 席 xí
mat, seat
- 也 yě
sentence-final particle of assertion
- 皆 jiē
all, everyone
- 坐 zuò
to sit, be seated
- 子 zǐ
the Master, Confucius
- 告 gào
to tell, inform
- 之 zhī
him (object pronoun)
- 曰 yuē
saying, introducing a quotation
- 某 mǒu
so-and-so, an unnamed placeholder person
- 在斯 zài sī
to be here, be present
- 在 to be located, be present
- 斯 here, this place
- 某 mǒu
so-and-so, an unnamed placeholder person
- 在斯 zài sī
to be there, be present
- 在 to be located, be present
- 斯 here, this place
- 師冕 shī miǎn
Music Master Mian, proper name
- 師 title for a court Music Master, here the blind musician Mian
- 冕 Mian, personal name of this blind Music Master
- 出 chū
to go out, leave
- 子張 zǐ zhāng
Zizhang, disciple of Confucius
- 子 prefix of a courtesy name, as in 子路 and 子貢; not the title Master
- 張 Zhang, second element of the disciple Zizhang's name
- 問曰 wèn yuē
asked, saying
- 問 to ask
- 曰 said, saying
- 與 yǔ
with, to (coverb marking the addressee)
- 師 shī
a music master (generic reference)
- 言 yán
to speak, converse, talk
- 之道 zhī dào
the way of...ing, the proper method of...ing
- 之 linking particle: '...of...' joining a verb phrase to a noun
- 道 way, proper method or practice
之 nominalizes the preceding verb phrase as a modifier of 道.
- 與 yú
interrogative sentence-final particle
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, Confucius
- 曰 said
- 然 rán
yes, that is so
- 固 gù
indeed, certainly
- 相 xiàng
to assist, guide
Here 相 means to assist or guide (the blind), not its more common sense 'mutual, each other'.
- 師 shī
a music master (generic reference)
- 之道 zhī dào
the way of...ing, the established practice of...ing
- 之 linking particle: '...of...' joining a verb phrase to a noun
- 道 way, proper method or practice
之 nominalizes the preceding verb phrase as a modifier of 道.
- 也 yě
sentence-final particle of assertion
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