子し曰いわく
Meanings
Expression
1. the Master said ...; Confucius said ...
at the beginning of chapters in the Analects of Confucius
Kanji used
child
sayeth
Composed of
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 ...)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says