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Lun Yu Introduction Table of content – The Analects of Confucius

The Master discusses with his disciples and unveil his preoccupations with society. Tr. Legge (en), Lau (en) and Couvreur (fr).

Lunyu XVII. 19. (466)

The actions of Confucius were lessons and laws, and not his words merely.
1. The Master said, "I would prefer not speaking."
2. Tsze-kung said, "If you, Master, do not speak, what shall we, your disciples, have to record?"
3. The Master said, "Does Heaven speak? The four seasons pursue their courses, and all things are continually being produced, but does Heaven say anything?"

Legge XVII.19.

The Master said, 'I am thinking of giving up speech.' Tzu-kung said, 'If you did not speak, what would there be for us, your disciples, to transmit?' The Master said, 'What does Heaven ever say? Yet there are the four seasons going round and there are the hundred things coming into being. What does Heaven ever say?'

Lau [17:19]

Le Maître dit : « Je voudrais ne plus parler. – Maître, dit Tzeu koung, si vous ne parlez pas, qu'aurions-nous, vos humbles disciples, à transmettre ? » Le Maître répondit : « Est-ce que le Ciel parle ? Les quatre saisons suivent leur cours ; tous les êtres croissent. Est-ce que le Ciel parle jamais ? » Dans la conduite de l'homme saint, tout, jusqu'aux moindres mouvements, est la claire manifestation du plus haut principe ; de même que le cours des saisons, la production des différents êtres, tout dans la nature est un écoulement de la Voie céleste. Est-ce que le Ciel a besoin de parler pour se manifester ? (Tchou Hsi)

Couvreur XVII.18.

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