Book 4: 《里仁》 Li Ren (Dwelling in Ren)
《里仁》 Passage 4.19
子曰：「父母在，不遠遊。遊必有方。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "While his parents are alive, the son may not go abroad to a distance. If he does go abroad, he must have a fixed place to which he goes."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 honorific title: Master (refers to Confucius)
- 曰 said, spoke
- 父母 fù mǔ
father and mother, parents
- 父 father
- 母 mother
- 在 zài
to be alive, living
- 不 bù
negation: not, do not
- 遠 yuǎn
far, distant
- 遊 yóu
to travel, journey away from home
- 遊 yóu
to travel, journey
- 必 bì
surely, necessarily, must
- 有 yǒu
to have, possess
- 方 fāng
fixed place, destination, whereabouts
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