Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 4: 《里仁》 Li Ren (Brotherliness)

《里仁》 Passage 4.18

子曰:「事父母幾諫。見志不從,又敬不違,勞而不怨。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "In serving his parents, a son may remonstrate with them, but gently; when he sees that they do not incline to follow his advice, he shows an increased degree of reverence, but does not abandon his purpose; and should they punish him, he does not allow himself to murmur."

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