Book 18: 《微子》 Wei Zi
《微子》 Passage 18.4
Legge Translation (1861)
The people of Qi sent to Lu a present of female musicians, which Ji Huan received, and for three days no court was held. Confucius took his departure.Word by word
- 齊人 qí rén
people, men of Qi
- 齊 Qi, a state in eastern China
- 人 people, men
Roberts renders as "leaders" and Ames & Rosemont as "kinsmen", but all refer to the men of the state of Qi.
- 歸 kuì
to present as a gift, send as a gift
read as 饋 (kuì), "to present a gift," rather than its usual sense "to return."
- 女樂 nǚ yuè
female musicians, women entertainers
- 女 female, woman
- 樂 music, musical performance; here: musicians, entertainers
- 季桓子 jì huán zǐ
proper name: Ji Huanzi, a hereditary minister of Lu
- 季 surname: Ji
- 桓 Huan, the posthumous title in 季桓子 (Ji Huanzi), head of the Ji family
- 子 honorific suffix: Master, appended to a name
- 受 shòu
to receive, accept
- 之 zhī
third-person object pronoun: them, it
Roberts and Chin substitute an explicit noun phrase ("the gift", "the girls") instead of a pronoun.
- 三日 sān rì
three days
- 三 three
- 日 day
Slingerland renders loosely as "several days" rather than the literal count.
- 不 bù
not
- 朝 cháo
to hold court, attend the court audience
Read cháo, to hold or attend court, not zhāo, morning.
- 孔子 kǒng zǐ
Confucius, Master Kong
- 孔 surname: Kong (Confucius's surname)
- 子 honorific suffix: Master, appended to a name
- 行 xíng
to leave, depart, go away
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