Wenyan

Delight of Hospitality

yǒu有1

péng朋2

zì自3

yuǎn远4

fāng方5

lái来6

，

bù不7

yì亦8

lè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

wèi未1

yǒu有2

rén仁3

yì义4

ér而5

yí遗6

qí其7

qīn亲8

zhě者9

yě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

dú独1

mù木2

bù不3

chéng成4

lín林5

，

áo翱6

xiáng翔7

bù不8

chéng成9

yì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

shì事1

liǎo了2

fú拂3

yī衣4

qù去5

，

shēn深6

cáng藏7

shēn身8

yǔ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

gǒu苟1

zhì志2

yú于3

rén仁4

yǐ矣5

，

wú无6

è恶7

yě也8

；

bù不9

qiān迁10

nù怒11

，

bù不12

èr贰13

guò过14

，

sī斯15

wéi为16

shèng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