Confucian Analects · Analects 11.8
When Yen Yuan died, the Master said, 'Alas! Heaven is destroying me! Heaven is destroying me!'
Chinese · source text【第八章】顏淵死、子曰、噫、天喪予、天喪予。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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