Wenyan

It Is Not Me, It Is the Weapon

fēi非1

wǒo我2

yěe也3

，

bīng兵4

yěe也5

It is not me, it is the weapon.

1. (это был) не (is not, it is not that [negation in nominal predicate])

2. я

3. (final sentence particle [marking judgment/clause break])

4. (это было) оружие (weapon, arms)

5. (final sentence particle [expressing confirmation/assertion])

One Tree Does Not Make a Forest

dwú独1

mùh木2

bùh不3

chérng成4

lín林5

A single tree cannot make a forest.

1. single, alone

2. tree

3. not

4. become, form

5. forest

Practice of Self-Examination

wú吾1

rỳh日2

sān三3

shǐing省4

wǒo我5

shēn身6

I examine my own self on three points every day. / I examine myself multiple times daily.

1. I, my [first-person pronoun]

2. daily, every day [adverbial]

3. three, multiple times

4. to examine, to reflect upon

5. my, my own

6. self, person, conduct

Don't disturb shit

bùh不1

tàh踏2

huèy秽3

tzér则4

bùh不5

shiūn熏6

If you don't step in filth, you won't be tainted by it.

1. если не (not, if not)

2. наступать на (step on, tread upon)

3. дерьмо (filth, dirt, impurity)

4. то (then, in that case)

5. не (not, will not)

6. запачкаешься (be tainted, be stained, be smoked)

Mencius Meets King Hui of Liang

mènq孟1

tzy̌y子2

jiànn见3

liáng梁4

huèy惠5

wáng王6

Mencius went to see King Hui of Liang.

1-2. Учитель Мэн (Mencius, Master Meng)

3. принял (to meet, to grant an audience to, to see)

4. лянского (Liang [state name])

5. Беневолента (Hui [posthumous name, 'Kind/Benevolent'])

6. -царя (king)