quân tử chu nhi bất tị, tiểu nhân tị nhi bất chu
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese:
- 子曰：「君子周而不比，小人比而不周。」 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tử viết: “Quân tử chu nhi bất tị, tiểu nhân tị nhi bất chu”. [Sino-Vietnamese]
- The Master said, "The superior man is catholic and not partisan. The mean man is partisan and not catholic."
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˩ t͡ɕu˧˧ ɲi˧˧ ʔɓət̚˧˦ ti˧˨ʔ tiəw˧˩ ɲən˧˧ ti˧˨ʔ ɲi˧˧ ʔɓət̚˧˦ t͡ɕu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ t͡ɕʊw˧˧ ɲɪj˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ tɪj˨˩ʔ tiw˧˨ ɲəŋ˧˧ tɪj˨˩ʔ ɲɪj˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ cʊw˧˧ ɲɪj˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˥ tɪj˨˩˨ tiw˨˩˦ ɲəŋ˧˧ tɪj˨˩˨ ɲɪj˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˥ cʊw˧˧]
Idiom
quân tử chu nhi bất tị, tiểu nhân tị nhi bất chu
- A gentleman encompasses all and remains impartial; a petty mind is partial and does not encompass all.