| Chinese Text Project |
| (The repression of the desires) | |
| 五色令人目盲； | Colour's five hues from the eyes their sight will take; |
| 五音令人耳聾； | Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; |
| 五味令人口爽； | The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; |
| 馳騁田獵， | The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste |
| 令人心發狂； | Make mad the mind; |
| 難得之貨， | and objects rare and strange, |
| 令人行妨。 | Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change. |
| 是以聖人為腹不為目， | Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes. |
| 故去彼取此。 | He puts from him the latter, and prefers to seek the former. |
| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 五 | 二+2 | 伍 𠄡 㐅 | wǔ ㄨˇ | five; surname | v1,p0011#03 | p.86#11 | p.64r3c01 |
| 色 | 色+0 | 𢒸 | sè ㄙㄜˋ | (1) 顔色。 Colour. | v5,p3071#01 | p.1014#02 | p.1120r1c01 |
| 令 | 人+3 | 令 | lìng ㄌㄧㄥˋ | (3) （又讀líng）使，讓。 Cause, make. | v1,p0111#10 | p.93#12 | p.87r2c01 |
| 人 | 人+0 | 𠔽 亻 | rén ㄖㄣˊ | Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence. | v1,p0101#10 | p.91#01 | p.80r2c01 |
| 目 | 目+0 | 𡇡 𥃦 𥆤 | mù ㄇㄨˋ | eye; look, see; division, topic | v4,p2467#01 | p.798#25 | p.943r2c02 |
| 盲 | 目+3 | 𥇋 | máng wàng ㄇㄤˊ ㄨㄤˋ | blind; unperceptive, shortsighted | v4,p2469#19 | p.800#01 | p.943r6c01 |
| 音 | 音+0 | yīn yìn ㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˋ | sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation | v7,p4495#01 | p.1396#25 | p.1472r4c04 | |
| 耳 | 耳+0 | ěr ㄦˇ | (1) 耳朵。 Ear. | v4,p2783#01 | p.965#05 | p.1081r3c03 | |
| 聾 | 耳+16 | 聾 聋 | lóng ㄌㄨㄥˊ | deaf | v4,p2800#05 | p.970#26 | p.1087r3c01 |
| 味 | 口+5 | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | v1,p0597#06 | p.182#13 | p.265r4c04 | |
| 口 | 口+0 | 𠮚 𠙵 | kǒu ㄎㄡˇ | mouth; open end; entrance, gate | v1,p0566#14 | p.171#01 | |
| 爽 | 爻+7 | 𠙠 | shuǎng shuāng ㄕㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄨㄤ | happy, cheerful; refreshing | v1,p0543#15 | p.690#22 | p.864r5c03 |
| 馳 | 馬+3 | 𧂓 驰 | chí ㄔˊ | go quickly or swiftly; hurry | v7,p4542#07 | p.1434#11 | p.1504r5c03 |
| 騁 | 馬+7 | 𩧢 骋 | chěng ㄔㄥˇ | gallop horse; hasten, hurry | v7,p4557#06 | p.1439#28 | p.1507r2c02 |
| 田 | 田+0 | tián ㄊㄧㄢˊ | field, arable land, cultivated | v4,p2524#01 | p.756#11 | p.909r3c02 | |
| 獵 | 犬+15 | 獵 𤢪 猎 | liè ㄌㄧㄝˋ | hunt; field sports | v2,p1376#07 | p.720#27 | p.880r6c08 |
| 心 | 心+0 | 㣺 忄 | xīn ㄒㄧㄣ | heart; mind, intelligence; soul | v4,p2267#01 | p.375#01 | p.521r1c01 |
| 發 | 癶+7 | 発 发 | fā fà bō ㄈㄚ ㄈㄚˋ ㄅㄛ | issue, dispatch, send out, emit | v4,p2761#04 | p.784#10 | p.925r2c01 |
| 狂 | 犬+4 | 𢚇 | kuáng jué ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | insane, mad; violent; wild | v2,p1334#04 | p.707#20 | p.873r6c02 |
| 難 | 隹+11 | 𩁢 𩁬 𩀙 𩁣 𩁲 𩁩 𩀏 𩁤 难 | nán ㄋㄢˊ | Difficult, not easy. / Make difficult, think difficult. | v6,p4108#05 | p.1370#05 | p.1446r3c01 |
| nàn ㄋㄢˋ | Disaster. / Blame. / Censure, reject. / Resent. / Hate. / Doctrine, thesis. | ||||||
| nǎn ㄋㄢˇ | Fear. | ||||||
| nuó ㄋㄨㄛˊ | Luxuriant. / Ceremony to banish sprits thought responsible for contagion. / How, why. | ||||||
| 得 | 彳+8 | 𢔶 䙷 𢔨 | dé ㄉㄜˊ | Get, obtain. / Plunder. / Covet. / Success. / Fitting, appropriate. / Compatible. / Satisfied, pleased. / Possible, can. / Same as 「德(1)」 dé ㄉㄜˊ: Morals, morality. / Same as 「德(3)」 dé ㄉㄜˊ: Reward kindness, thank. | v2,p0828#03 | p.367#31 | p.513r6c02 |
| 之 | 丿+3 | 㞢 | zhī ㄓ | Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning. | v1,p0043#01 | p.82#04 | p.47r2c02 |
| 貨 | 貝+4 | 䞈 𣱷 货 | huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ | goods, commodities, products | v6,p3627#01 | p.1205#12 | p.1270r4c01 |
| 行 | 行+0 | 行 | xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Walk, move (on foot). / Advance, move forward. / Leave, exit. / Patrol, go on inspection. / Inspection of the realm by the Son of Heaven. / Be married off. / Flow, circulate. / Channel, guide. / Revolution, circular motion. / Experience. / Luggage, belongings taken on a journey. / Do, carry out. / Actions. / Accomplishments. / Use, utilize. / Take over (an official duty). / Offer, present. / Moral conduct, behaviour. / A type of classical poem. / A piece of music. / Semi-cursive script. / Adverb: will, about to. / Adverb: again, once more. / Adverb: by chance, luckily. / Ambassador (official title). / Measure word for number of pourings of drinks. | v2,p0811#06 | p.1108#31 | p.1203r5c05 |
| háng ㄏㄤˊ | Road. / Track, pattern. / Row, line. / Row of soldiers in battle. / Unit of 25 soldiers. / Shaft of a feather (and by extension, wings). / Measure word for things which form rows. / Rank, position. | ||||||
| 妨 | 女+4 | fáng fāng ㄈㄤˊ ㄈㄤ | interfere with, impede, obstruct | v2,p1033#04 | p.257#10 | p.380r3c07 | |
| 是 | 日+5 | 昰 𣆞 | shì ㄕˋ | Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object. | v2,p1497#05 | p.493#26 | p.639r1c01 |
| 以 | 人+3 | 㠯 | yǐ ㄧˇ | Use. / Believe. / Command. / Lead. / Connect, implicate. / Have. / Cause, reason. / Preposition: because. / Preposition: from, in. / Preposition: at [some time]. / Preposition: using. / Preposition: in accordance with. / Preposition: relying upon. / Preposition: in the capacity of. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: indicates the following action is the objective of the preceding one. / Connective: used between adverbial clause and verb to express modification. / Connective: and. / Connective: but. / Connective: and so, thus. / Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. / Modal particle. / Same as 「已(1)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as 「已(7.2)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely. | v1,p0105#07 | p.94#01 | p.87r6c01 |
| 聖人 | 耳+7 人+0 | 堊 𦕡 𠄵 圣 𠔽 亻 | shèng rén ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ | 出類拔萃的人。 Sage, outstanding person. | v4,p2789#06 v1,p0101#10 | p.967#22 p.91#01 | p.1082r6c06 p.80r2c01 |
| 為 | 火+5 | 爲 为 | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Create, make. / Build, construct. / Do. / Plant, grow. / Govern. / Research, study. / Serve as. / Change into, become. / As, in the role of. / Count as, be considered as. / Called, named. / Expresses judgement: is. / Make, cause (to). / Have. / Take part in. / Write, author. / Connective: if. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question. | v3,p2198#11 | p.669#10 | p.844r4c03 |
| wèi ㄨㄟˋ | Help, assist. / Preposition: for, on behalf of. / Preposition: by (passive). / Preposition: because of, due to. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: because. / Say. / False, fake. | ||||||
| 腹 | 肉+9 | fù ㄈㄨˋ | stomach, belly, abdomen; inside | v3,p2097#01 | p.990#02 | p.1101r4c01 | |
| 不 | 一+3 | 不 𠀚 𠙐 | bù ㄅㄨˋ | Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...? | v1,p0011#06 | p.76#15 | p.30r1c01 |
| fǒu ㄈㄡˇ | Same as 「否(1.2)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「否(1.3)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question. | ||||||
| fū ㄈㄨ | Sepal of a flower. | ||||||
| pī ㄆㄧ | Same as 「丕(1)」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large. | ||||||
| bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | Show disdain for. | ||||||
| 故 | 攴+5 | gù ㄍㄨˋ | Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus. | v2,p1453#05 | p.469#25 | p.601r5c01 | |
| 去 | 厶+3 | qù ㄑㄩˋ | Leave, go away from. / Send away. / Remove, get rid of. / Banish, discard. / Lose, cease to possess. / Distance, separation. / Previous, past. / Later, after. | v1,p0384#08 | p.164#10 | p.232r1c04 | |
| jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | Collect, keep. | ||||||
| qū ㄑㄩ | Expel. | ||||||
| 彼 | 彳+5 | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | (1.1) 那。與「此」相對。 That. | v2,p0817#10 | p.365#25 | p.509r6c02 | |
| 取 | 又+6 | qǔ ㄑㄩˇ | (4.2) 採取，擇取。 Take, choose, pick out. | v1,p0395#01 | p.166#04 | p.236r3c01 | |
| 此 | 止+2 | cǐ ㄘˇ | This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then. | v2,p1438#03 | p.574#10 | p.735r4c01 |
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