子曰有教无类
The Master said, “In education, there are no differences in kind.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
The Master said, In matters of instruction, there should be no class distinctions.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.
子曰以不教民战是谓弃之
The Master said, “Leading people who have not been instructed into battle—this is called, ‘throwing them away.’ ”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
The Master said, To fail to instruct the common people in warfare—you could call that throwing them away.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.
子曰善人教民七年亦可以即戎矣
The Master said, “Having been instructed by an excellent person for seven years, the common people will be ready for anything, even the taking up of arms.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
The Master said, Let a good man instruct them for seven years, and the common people will be capable of military service.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.
子曰不愤不启不悱不发举一隅不以三隅反则不复也
The Master said, “I will not open the door for a mind that is not already striving to understand, nor will I provide words to a tongue that is not already struggling to speak. If I hold up one corner of a problem, and the student cannot come back to me with the other three, I will not attempt to instruct him again.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
The Master said, If they’re not eager to learn, I don’t enlighten them; if they’re not struggling to put it into words, I don’t assist them. I hold up one corner to show them, and if they can’t come back with the other three, then I don’t go on.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.
子曰自行束脩以上吾未尝无诲焉
The Master said, “I have never denied instruction to anyone who, of their own accord, offered up as little as a bundle of silk or bit of cured meat.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
The Master said, If a person comes with a bundle of dried meat or better, I’ve never refused him instruction.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.
