Wenyan

Delight of Hospitality

yeǒu有1

pérng朋2

tzỳh自3

yeuǎn远4

fāng方5

lái来6

，

bùh不7

yìh亦8

lèh乐9

hū乎10

To have friends coming from afar—is that not delightful?

1. to have, there exist

2. friend, companion

3. from [preposition]

4. distant, far

5. place, region, direction

6. to come

7. not

8. also, indeed

9. delightful, joyful

10. final rhetorical particle

Good guys' parents

wèy未1

yeǒu有2

rén仁3

yìh义4

érl而5

yí遗6

chyí其7

chīn亲8

jěe者9

yěe也10

There has never been a benevolent and righteous man who neglected his own parents.

1. никогда ещё (not yet, never)

2. не было (to have, there is)

9. такого, кто бы (one who, those who [nominalizing particle])

3. был человеколюбив (benevolence, humaneness)

4. и добродетелен (righteousness, duty, justice)

5. но (and yet, but)

6. забросил (бы) (to abandon, to neglect, to leave behind)

7. своих (one's own, his, her, their)

8. родителей (parents, relatives)

10. final assertion particle

No Forest from One Tree, No Flight from One Wing

dwú独1

mùh木2

bùh不3

chérng成4

lín林5

，

áur翱6

shyáng翔7

bùh不8

chérng成9

yìh翼10

A single tree does not make a forest, and a single wing cannot achieve flight.

1. single, alone

2. tree

3. not

4. become, form

5. forest

6-7. to soar, to glide in flight

8. not

9. become, form

10. wing

Detached Heroism

shỳh事1

leǎu了2

fwú拂3

ī衣4

chiùh去5

，

shēn深6

tsárng藏7

shēn身8

yeǔ与9

míng名10

Once the task is finished, brush off your robes and leave, hiding both your body and your fame.

1. matter, task, deed

2. to finish, to complete, to settle

3. to brush off, to shake off

4. robe, clothes

5. to leave, to depart

6. deeply, thoroughly [adverbial modifier]

7. to hide, to conceal

8. oneself, body

9. and [conjunction]

10. fame, reputation, name

Path to Benevolence and Sagacity

gǒou苟1

jỳh志2

yú于3

rén仁4

yǐi矣5

，

wú无6

èh恶7

yěe也8

；

bùh不9

chiān迁10

nùh怒11

，

bùh不12

èll贰13

guòh过14

，

sȳ斯15

wéi为16

shènq圣17

rén人18

If one sets their heart on benevolence, they will do no evil; not shifting anger and not repeating mistakes makes a sage.

1. if, if truly

2. to set one's heart on, to be inclined toward

3. on, toward [preposition]

4. benevolence, humanity, virtue

5. final particle [indicating completed state or condition]

6. there is no, to lack

7. evil, wickedness

8. final assertion particle

9. not

10. to shift, to transfer

11. anger, wrath

12. not

13. to repeat, to duplicate

14. mistake, fault, error

15. this, thus, then [demonstrative/conjunction]

16. to constitute, to be

17. sage, holy, wise

18. person, human