Book 6: 《雍也》 Yong Ye (As for Yong)
《雍也》 Passage 6.15
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "Meng Zhifan does not boast of his merit. Being in the rear on an occasion of flight, when they were about to enter the gate, he whipped up his horse, saying, 'It is not that I dare to be last. My horse would not advance.'"Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 master, teacher; here a title of respect referring to Confucius
- 曰 said, says (introduces a quotation)
- 孟之反 mèng zhī fǎn
Meng Zhifan, a grandee of Lu, styled Fan (personal name Ce)
- 孟 surname element; first syllable of the personal name Meng Zhifan
- 之 linking element within a personal name, here Meng Zhifan
- 反 second syllable of the personal name Meng Zhifan
- 不 bù
not
- 伐 fá
to boast, brag of one's own achievements
- 奔 bēn
to flee, retreat in defeat
- 而 ér
coordinating conjunction linking two clauses: and, and then
- 殿 diàn
to bring up the rear, guard the rear in a retreat
- 將 jiāng
about to, on the point of
- 入 rù
to enter
- 門 mén
gate
- 策 cè
to whip, urge on with a whip
- 其 qí
his
- 馬 mǎ
horse
- 曰 yuē
said, saying (introduces direct speech)
- 非…也 fēi … yě
it is not that..., negation of the entire following clause
- 非 it is not the case that, negates the following clause
- 也 final particle of assertion
- 敢 gǎn
to dare, presume to
- 後 hòu
to lag behind, be last, come after
- 馬 mǎ
horse
- 不進 bù jìn
did not advance, would not go forward
- 不 not
- 進 to advance, move forward
- 也 yě
final particle of assertion
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