Book 9: 《子罕》 Zi Han (Seldom Spoke)
《子罕》 Passage 9.29
子曰：「知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 honorific title: Master (referring to Confucius)
- 曰 to say, said
- 知者 zhì zhě
the wise, one who is wise
- 知 wise, wisdom — here a variant of 智 (zhì), 'wisdom', not the verb 'to know'
- 者 nominalizing particle: one who, that which
- 不 bù
not
- 惑 huò
confused, perplexed, in doubt
- 仁者 rén zhě
the humane, the benevolent
- 仁 benevolence, humaneness, the core Confucian virtue — translators vary: also rendered 'Goodness', 'authoritative conduct'
- 者 nominalizing particle: one who, that which
- 不 bù
not
- 憂 yōu
worried, anxious, troubled
- 勇者 yǒng zhě
the courageous, the brave
- 勇 brave, courageous
- 者 nominalizing particle: one who, that which
- 不 bù
not
- 懼 jù
afraid, fearful, apprehensive of
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