The Master discusses with his disciples and unveil his preoccupations with society. Tr. Legge (en), Lau (en) and Couvreur (fr).
The anarchy of Confucius's time.
The Master said, "The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them."
Legge III.5.
The Master said, 'Barbarian tribes with their rulers are inferior to Chinese states without them.'
Lau [3:5]
Le Maître dit : « Les barbares de l'Est et du Nord, qui ont des princes, sont moins misérables que les nombreux peuples de la Chine ne reconnaissant plus de prince. »
Couvreur III.5.
The Analects of Confucius – Lun Yu III. 5. (45) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
Alias the Lunyu, the Lun Yü, the Analects, les Entretiens du maître avec ses disciples.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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