Twenty books · 499 passages · Bilingual

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All twenty books — 499 passages — are published with simplified Chinese, a reviewed modern Chinese guide, James Legge's public-domain English translation, and notes.

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Zi Lu(子路)·08

子谓衞公子荆善居室,始有,曰,苟合矣,少有,曰,苟完矣,富有,曰,苟美矣。

The Master said of Ching, a scion of the ducal family of Wei, that he knew the economy of a family well. When he began to have means, he said, "Ha! here is a collection!" When they were a little increased, he said, "Ha! this is complete!" When he had become rich, he said, "Ha! this is admirable!"

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20 books
Xue Er to Yao Yue, all complete
499 passages
Original, guide, English, notes per passage
Bilingual
Simplified Chinese + Legge's public-domain English
Reviewed base
Guide from the 1948 广益书局 edition
499/499
Modern Chinese guide covered
499/499
James Legge translation covered
499/499
Passage-level pinyin fully rendered
318/499
Chapter audio available