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しいわく
Meanings
Expression
1. the Master said ...; Confucius said ...
at the beginning of chapters in the Analects of Confucius
Alt. forms
子
し
曰
いわ
く
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しいわく
Composed of
し
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature);
(arch.)
you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
いわく
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says