Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 15: 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong (Duke Ling of Wey)

《衛靈公》 Passage 15.2

在陳絕糧,從者病,莫能興。子路慍見曰:「君子亦有窮乎?」子曰:「君子固窮,小人窮斯濫矣。」

Legge Translation (1861)

When he was in Chen, their provisions were exhausted, and его followers became so ill that they were unable to rise.

Zilu, with evident dissatisfaction, said: "Has the superior man likewise to endure in this way?"

The Master said: "The superior man may indeed have to endure want, but the mean man, when he is in want, gives way to unbridled license."
子路 君子

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