Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 5: 《公冶長》 Gong Ye Chang

《公冶長》 Passage 5.11

子曰:「吾未見剛者。」或對曰:「申棖。」子曰:「棖也慾,焉得剛?」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "I have not seen a firm and unbending man."

Some one replied: "There is Shen Cheng."

"Cheng," said the Master, "is under the influence of his passions; how can he be pronounced firm and unbending?"

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