Book 15: 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong (Duke Ling of Wey)
《衛靈公》 Passage 15.22
子曰：「君子矜而不爭，群而不黨。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "The superior man is dignified, but does not wrangle. He is sociable, but not a partisan."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, honorific title for Confucius
- 曰 said, spoke
- 君子 jūn zǐ
exemplary person, gentleman
- 君 lord, ruler; 君子 is literally a lord's son
- 子 son; 君子 is literally a lord's son, one of the ruling class, which the Analects makes a term of character
- 矜 jīn
dignified, self-respecting
- 而 ér
contrastive conjunction: but, yet
- 不 bù
not
- 爭 zhēng
contentious, quarrelsome, competitive
- 群 qún
to associate with others, be sociable
- 而 ér
contrastive conjunction: but, yet
- 不 bù
not
- 黨 dǎng
to form a clique, be factional
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