Book 6: 《雍也》 Yong Ye (As for Yong)
《雍也》 Passage 6.9
Legge Translation (1861)
The chief of the Ji family sent to ask Min Ziqian to be governor of Bi. Min Ziqian said: "Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wen."Word by word
- 季氏 jì shì
the Ji clan, the Ji family
- 季 surname Ji, of the Ji ruling family
- 氏 clan/family suffix: the ... clan, the ... family
Lau's 'Chi' is a Wade-Giles spelling of the same clan name Ji.
- 使 shǐ
to cause, send, appoint (someone to a task)
- 閔子騫 mǐn zǐ qiān
Min Ziqian, a disciple of Confucius
- 閔 surname Min
- 子 first syllable of Ziqian, courtesy name of the disciple Min Sun
- 騫 Qian, courtesy-name element in 閔子騫, the courtesy name of Min Sun (閔損); his given name is 損
- 為 wéi
to be, become, act as (an office or post)
- 費 bì
Bi (Fei), a fief-town belonging to the Ji family
Lau's 'Pi' is the Wade-Giles spelling of the same place; 費 as this place name is read bì.
- 宰 zǎi
steward, governor, chief administrator
- 閔子騫 mǐn zǐ qiān
Min Ziqian, a disciple of Confucius
- 閔 surname Min
- 子 first syllable of Ziqian, courtesy name of the disciple Min Sun
- 騫 Qian, courtesy-name element in 閔子騫, the courtesy name of Min Sun (閔損); his given name is 損
- 曰 yuē
to say, said
- 善 shàn
kindly, nicely, tactfully
- 為 wèi
for, on behalf of
- 我 wǒ
me
- 辭 cí
to decline, refuse
- 焉 yān
it, the matter just mentioned
焉 fuses 於+之 here, standing in for the object of 辭.
- 如 rú
if, supposing
- 有…者 yǒu … zhě
anyone who..., there being one who... (existential-relative frame)
- 有 there is, exists
- 者 nominalizing particle: one who, that which
- 復我 fù wǒ
to renew the request for me, come back for me
- 復 to repeat, do again, come back
- 我 me
- 則 zé
then, in that case (marks the consequence clause)
- 吾 wú
I (first-person subject pronoun)
- 必 bì
surely, certainly, necessarily
- 在 zài
to be located, reside, stay
- 汶上 wèn shàng
the bank(s)/north side of the Wen River
- 汶 the Wen, the river forming the border between Lu and Qi
- 上 bank, (north) side of a river
- 矣 yǐ
final particle marking assertion of a new state of affairs
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