Broad

Analects 19.6

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Original Text:

子夏曰博学而笃志切问而近思仁在其中矣

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Zixia said, “Learning broadly and firmly retaining what one has learned, being incisive in one’s questioning and able to reflect upon what is near at hand—Goodness is to be found in this.”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

Zixia said, Broad in learning, dedicated in will, acute in questioning, reflecting on things close at hand—look for humaneness there.

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.

Analects 12.15

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Original Text:

子曰博学于文约之以礼亦可以弗畔矣夫

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The Master said, “Someone who is broadly learned with regard to culture, and whose conduct is restrained by the rites, can be counted upon to not go astray.”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

The Master said, Acquire broad learning in cultural matters, focus it through ritual, and you are hardly likely to go far astray—isn’t that so?

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.

Analects 9.2

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Original Text:

达巷党人曰大哉孔子博学而无所成名子闻之谓门弟子曰吾何执执御乎执射乎吾执御矣

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A villager from Daxiang remarked sarcastically, “How great is Confucius! He is so broadly learned, and yet has failed to make a name for himself in any particular endeavor.”

When the Master was told of this, he said to his disciples, “What art, then, should I take up? Charioteering? Archery? I think I shall take up charioteering.”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

A villager of Daxiang said, What a great man Confucius is! He has studied widely, but he doesn’t make any particular name for himself.

When the Master heard this, he said to his disciples, What should I specialize in? Should I specialize in charioteering? Should I specialize in archery? I think I’ll specialize in charioteering.

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.

Analects 7.37

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Original Text:

子曰君子坦荡荡小人长戚戚

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The Master said, “The gentleman is self-possessed and relaxed, while the petty man is perpetually full of worry.”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

The Master said, The gentleman is composed, at peace with things. The petty man is constantly fretting, fretting.

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.