Analects: Book 6Book 6. Yung Yey 雍也第六: There is Yong
[6:1] The Master said, "There is Yung! He might occupy the place of a prince."
Book 6. Yōng Yě 雍也: There is Yong
[6:1] The Master said, Yong (Zhonggong Ran Yong) could be given a seat facing south. [F1]
Footnotes
[F1] The ruler sits facing south.
Book 6
[6:1] The Master said, Yung [F48] might fill the seat of a prince.
Footnotes
[F48] The disciple Chung-kung.
Book 6. Yong Ye 雍也: There is Yong
[6:1] The Master said: “Yong could fulfill the role of ‘facing south’ (being a ruler).”
Footnotes
[F11] I.e., fit the specifications for a sacrificial animal.
Commentary
[C9] In Confucian and Daoist thought, the term xian (“worthy”) means “good, kind, intelligent, courageous,” etc. But it is also a technical term for a person of a high level of moral and intellectual advancement. Generally speaking, it indicates someone who is “almost perfect” but who is not a “divine being,” a sage.
公冶長第五
【第一章】【一節】子曰、雍也可使南面。【二節】仲弓問子桑伯子。子曰、可也、簡。【三節】仲弓曰、居敬而行簡、以臨其民、不亦可乎、居簡而行簡、無乃大簡乎。【四節】子曰、雍之言然。
Confucius (Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔夫子; Kong Qui) traveled the country in an ox cart observing and teaching his numerous disciples on the subjects of civics, ethics, literature, music and science. Of course, he claimed no divine inspiration and so naturally the writings attributed to him, recorded by his disciples, also make no such claim. |