Book 6: 《雍也》 Yong Ye (As for Yong)
《雍也》 Passage 6.13
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said to Zixia: "Do you be a scholar after the style of the superior man, and not after that of the mean man."Word by word
- 子 zǐ
the Master, Confucius
- 謂…曰 wèi … yuē
said to, addressed (frame introducing direct speech)
- 謂 said to, addressed (introducing a remark made to someone)
- 曰 quotative particle: said, introducing direct speech
謂 introduces the addressee and 曰 introduces the quotation.
- 子夏 zǐ xià
Zixia, disciple of Confucius
- 子 prefix of a courtesy name, as in 子路 and 子貢; not the title Master
- 夏 second syllable of the disciple's name, Zixia; literally 'summer'
- 女 rǔ
you (singular)
- 為 wéi
be, act as, become
- 君子 jūn zǐ
gentleman, exemplary person
- 君 lord, ruler; 君子 is literally a lord's son
- 子 son; 君子 is literally a lord's son, one of the ruling class, which the Analects makes a term of character
- 儒 rú
ru, classically trained scholar-official
儒 names a class of ritually and classically trained specialists; translators split between transliterating the term, glossing it as 'scholar', or as 'counselor', a real disagreement about the social role denoted.
- 無 wú
do not, negative imperative
- 為 wéi
be, act as, become
- 小人 xiǎo rén
petty person, small-minded person
- 小 small, petty; morally small-minded
- 人 person
- 儒 rú
ru, classically trained scholar-official
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