Analects of Confucius Chapter 7
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Analects of Confucius Chapter 7
7.1
Original: 子曰：“述而不作，信而好古，窃比于我老彭。”
English: Confucius said:"To relate and not to invent, devoted and...
7.2
Original: 子曰：“默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦，何有于我哉?”
English: Confucius said:"To gain knowledge...
7.3
Original: 子曰：“德之不修，学之不讲，闻义不能徙，不善不能改，是吾忧也。”
English: Confucius said:"Virtue not cultivated, learning not...
7.4
Original: 子之燕居，申申如也，夭夭如也。
English: Confucius always...
7.5
Original: 子曰：“甚矣吾衰也！久矣吾不复梦见周公！”
English: Confucius said:"How weak I have become. It has been...
7.6
Original: 子曰：“志于道，据于德，依于仁，游于艺。”
English: Confucius said:"Stick strictly to the...
7.7
Original: 子曰：“自行束脩以上，吾未尝无诲焉。”
English: Confucius said:"I have yet...
7.8
Original: 子曰：“不愤不启，不悱不发，举一隅不以三隅反，则不复也。”
English: Confucius said:"I never enlighten anyone who has not been...
7.9
Original: 子食于有丧者之侧，未尝饱也。子于是日哭，则不歌。
English: When Confucius is eating with a mourner, he...
7.10
Original: 子谓颜渊曰：“用之则行，舍之则藏，惟我与尔有是夫！”子路曰：“子行三军，则谁与？”子曰：“暴虎冯河，死而无悔者，吾不与也。必也临事而惧，好谋而成者也。”
English: Confucius said to Yan Yuan:" Only you and I have the ability to...
7.11
Original: 子曰：“富而可求也，虽执鞭之士，吾亦为之。如不可求，从吾所好。”
English: Confucius said:"If riches could be acquired without...
7.12
Original: 子之所慎：斋，战，疾。
English: Confucius thinks prudency must be exercised on...
7.13
Original: 子在齐闻《韶》，三月不知肉味，曰：“不图为乐之至于斯也！”
English: While in State of Qi, Confucius heard the Shao music, he was...
7.14
Original: 冉有曰：“夫子为卫君乎？”子贡曰：“诺，吾将问之入，曰：“伯夷，叔齐何人也？”曰：“古之贤人也。”曰：“怨乎？”曰：“求仁而得仁，又何怨？”出，曰：“夫子不为也。”
English: Ran You asked:"Is Master going to take up public office in the...
7.15
Original: 子曰：“饭疏食，饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。”
English: Confucius said:"Simple meals, plain water to drink, elbow...
7.16
Original: 子曰：“加我数年，五十以学《易》，可以无大过矣。”
English: Confucius said:"Give me a few more years, such that I am able to...
7.17
Original: 子所雅言？《诗》、《书》、执礼，皆雅言也。
English: When Confucius used the correct...
7.18
Original: 叶公问孔子于子路，子路不对。子曰：“女奚不曰，其为人也，发愤忘食，乐以忘忧，不知老之将至云尔。”
English: Ye Gong asked Zi Lu about Confucius. Zi Lu could not reply. Confucius said:" You...
7.19
Original: 子曰：“我非生而知之者，好古，敏以求之者也。”
English: Confucius said:"I was not born...
7.20
Original: 子不语怪、力、乱、神。
English: Confucius is very careful with words, he does not talk about...
7.21
Original: 子曰：“三人行，必有我师焉：择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。”
English: Confucius said:"In a group of three people, there is...
7.22
Original: 子曰：“天生德于予，桓魋其如予何！”
English: Confucius said:"My virtue was given by...
7.23
Original: 子曰：“二三子以我为隐乎？吾无隐乎尔。吾无行而不与二三子者，是丘也。”
English: Confucius said:" You all think that I have things to...
7.24
Original: 子以四教：文，行，忠，信。
English: The four teachings of Confucius: ...
7.25
Original: 子曰：“圣人，吾不得而见之矣；得见君子者，斯可矣。”子曰：“善人，吾不得而见之矣；得见有恒者，斯可矣。亡而为有，虚而为盈，约而为泰，难乎有恒乎。”
English: Confucius said:"I doubt I will meet a sage. I would be content to meet...
7.26
Original: 子钓而不纲，弋不射宿。
English: When fishing, Confucius do not use...
7.27
Original: 子曰：“盖有不知而作之者，我无是也。多闻，择其善者而从之；多见而识之；知之次也。”
English: Confucius said:"There are presumably men who innovate...
7.28
Original 互乡难与言，童子见，门人惑。子曰：“与其进也，不与其退也，唯何甚？人洁己以进，与其洁也，不保其往也。”
English: It was difficult to communicate with the people of...
7.29
Original: 子曰：“仁远乎哉？我欲仁，斯仁至矣。”
English: Confucius said:"Is benevolence so far away? As long...
7.30
Original: 陈司败问：“昭公知礼乎？”孔子曰：“知礼。”孔子退，揖巫马期而进之，曰：“吾闻君子不党，君子亦党乎？君取于吴为同姓，谓之吴孟子。君而知礼，孰不知礼？”巫马期以告。子曰：“丘也幸，苟有过，人必知之。”
English: Chen Si Bai asked Confucius:" Does Duke Zhao of State of Lu knows the...
7.31
Original: 子与人歌而善，必使反之，而后和之。
English: In singing, when the song is good, Confucius would...
7.32
Original 子曰：“文，莫吾犹人也，躬行君子，则吾未之有得。”
English: Confucius said:"In literature, I am barely...
7.33
Original: 子曰：“若圣与仁，则吾岂敢。抑为之不厌，诲人不倦，则可谓云尔已矣。”公西华曰：“正唯弟子不能学也。”
English: Confucius said:"I doubt I fit the description of a sage or...
7.34
Original: 子疾病，子路请祷。子曰：“有诸？”子路对曰：“有之。诔曰：‘祷尔于上下神祇。 ’”子曰：“丘之祷久矣。”
English: Confucius was seriously ill. Zi Lu wanted to...
7.35
Original: 子曰：“奢则不孙，俭则固。与其不孙也，宁固。”
English: Confucius said:"Extravagance lead to...
7.36
Original: 子曰：“君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。”
English: Confucius said:"A gentleman is magnanimous and...
7.37
Original: 子温而厉，威而不猛，恭而安。
English: Confucius is mild-mannered but...