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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2024-07-18 17:54:15 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 78337 - submitted by 'pzelchenko' >> The definition is verbatim from Legge tr. of Zengzi's explanation to C.'s disciples of its meaning https://ctext.org/pre-qin-and-han/ens?searchu=%E5%90%BE%E9%81%93%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A5%E8%B4%AF%E4%B9%8B ---------- Editor: The full text from the link you provided is: 子曰：“参乎！吾道一以贯之。”曾子曰：“唯。”子出。门人问曰：“何谓也？”曾子曰：“夫子之道，忠恕而已矣。” The Master said, "Shen, my doctrine is that of an all-pervading unity." The disciple Zeng replied, "Yes." The Master went out, and the other disciples asked, saying, "What do his words mean?" Zeng said, "The doctrine of our master is to be true to the principles of our nature and the benevolent exercise of them to others, this and nothing more." The definition you propose is actually the translation of 忠恕 in the original text. 忠 was translated to "true to the principles of our nature" and 恕 to "the benevolent exercise of them to others". This was Confucius' doctrine (or 道). 一以贯之 is "all-pervading unity" in the translated text. I think there are a lot of ways to interpret the phrase 吾道一以贯之, possibly "my doctrine is applicable to everything" or "my doctrine is applicable from beginning to end" or "to go through life applying my doctrine", etc. That is to say, 一以贯之 is a phrase that describes Confucius' doctrine, while your definition *is* Confucius' doctrine. --- Some more modern usage: >赚钱的最终目的还是要回馈社会，这是我们大恒一以贯之的宗旨，我们过去这样做，现在这样做，以后还会这样做。 The purpose of earning money is to repay society, this has always been our objective. We have done this in the past, we are doing it now, and we will continue it in the future. >保护和发展生产力，维护人民群众的身体健康，致力于社会主义经济建设，是农工民主党建国４５年来一以贯之的宗旨。 Protecting and developing production capabilities, maintaining the good health of our people, and establishing a socialist economy are the objectives of our party since it's founding 45 years ago. |
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# 一以貫之 一以贯之 [[yi1 yi3 guan4 zhi1]] /be true to the principles of our nature and the benevolent exercise of them to others (Confucius in Li Ren)/ # Editor: + 一以貫之 一以贯之 [[yi1yi3guan4zhi1]] /(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end/ |