[Learn Classical Chinese] Lesson 10: The Analects Part 10
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子曰：“仁1)远2)乎哉3)？我欲4)仁，斯5)仁至6)矣。”
[Mandarin Chinese Reading] Zǐ yuē: “Rén yuǎn hū zāi？Wǒ yù rén，sī rén zhì yǐ.”
[English Translation] The Master said, “Is Humaneness so far away? If I want Humaneness, then Humaneness comes.”
[Modern Chinese Transltion] 孔子说：“仁德离我们很远吗？我要仁，仁就来了。”
1) 仁: (rén). body, oneself.
2) 远(遠): (yuǎn). to be far, to regard as far.
3) 哉: (zāi). [final particle] indicates exclamation which may be added either to a declarative statement or to a question.
4) 欲: (xíng). to want.
5) 斯: (yù). this, these; then [ substitution of 则(則) ].
6) 至: (zhì). to arrive, to come.
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