Book 6: 《雍也》 Yong Ye (As for Yong)
《雍也》 Passage 6.20
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 the Master, honorific title for Confucius
- 曰 said, spoke
- 知 zhī
to know, understand
- 之 zhī
object pronoun: it
- 者 zhě
nominalizing particle: one who, those who
- 不如 bù rú
not as good as, inferior to
- 不 not
- 如 to be equal to, be as good as
Peimin Ni, Ames & Rosemont, and Lau invert the comparison into 'is better than' with subject and object swapped; the comparative judgment is the same
- 好 hào
to love, be fond of
- 之 zhī
object pronoun: it
- 者 zhě
nominalizing particle: one who, those who
- 好 hào
to love, be fond of
- 之 zhī
object pronoun: it
- 者 zhě
nominalizing particle: one who, those who
- 不如 bù rú
not as good as, inferior to
- 不 not
- 如 to be equal to, be as good as
Peimin Ni, Ames & Rosemont, and Lau invert the comparison into 'is better than' with subject and object swapped; the comparative judgment is the same
- 樂 lè
to find joy in, delight in
Read lè, to delight in, not yuè, music.
- 之 zhī
object pronoun: it
- 者 zhě
nominalizing particle: one who, those who
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