Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 17: 《陽貨》 Yang Huo

《陽貨》 Passage 17.19

子曰:「予欲無言。」子貢曰:「子如不言,則小子何述焉?」子曰:「天何言哉?四時行焉,百物生焉,天何言哉?」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "I would prefer not speaking."

Zigong said: "If you, Master, do not speak, what shall we, your disciples, have to record?"

The Master said: "Does Heaven speak? The four seasons pursue their courses, and all things are being produced, but does Heaven say anything?"
天命 子貢

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