Book 15: 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong (Duke Ling of Wey)
《衛靈公》 Passage 15.28
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "When the multitude hate a man, it is necessary to examine into the case. When the multitude like a man, it is necessary to examine into the case."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 Master, teacher (honorific title for Confucius)
- 曰 said, spoke (introduces a direct quotation)
- 眾 zhòng
the multitude, everyone
Roberts alone reads 眾 numerically as a majority rather than as the collective crowd.
- 惡 wù
to hate, dislike, despise
- 之 zhī
third-person object pronoun: him, that person
Every translator must supply the noun (a man, someone, a person) that the bare pronoun stands for.
- 必 bì
necessarily, must, be sure to
- 察 chá
to examine, look into, investigate carefully
- 焉 yān
resumptive particle: it, the matter, in that regard
- 眾 zhòng
the multitude, everyone
- 好 hào
to like, be fond of, favor
- 之 zhī
third-person object pronoun: him, that person
- 必 bì
necessarily, must, be sure to
- 察 chá
to examine, look into, investigate carefully
- 焉 yān
resumptive particle: it, the matter, in that regard
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