偲偲

偲偲

1. (literary) to encourage each other; to urge on

   • 子路問曰：「何如斯可謂之士矣？」子曰：「切切、偲偲、怡怡如也，可謂士矣。朋友切切、偲偲，兄弟怡怡。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     子路问曰：「何如斯可谓之士矣？」子曰：「切切、偲偲、怡怡如也，可谓士矣。朋友切切、偲偲，兄弟怡怡。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ Lù wèn yuē: “Hérú sī kě wèi zhī shì yǐ?” Zǐ yuē: “Qièqiè, sīsī, yíyí rú yě, kě wèi shì yǐ. Péngyǒu qièqiè, sīsī, xiōngdì yíyí.” [Pinyin]

     Zi Lu asked, saying, “What qualities must a man possess to entitle him to be called a scholar?”
     The Master said, “He must be thus: earnest, urgent, and bland ― among his friends, earnest and urgent; among his brethren, bland.”