行不由徑

Chinese

	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional	not; no	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)	path
trad. (行不由徑)	行	不	由	徑
simp. (行不由径)	行	不	由	径
Literally: “to not take bypaths”.

Etymology

From the Analects:

子游為武城宰。子曰：「女得人焉爾乎？」曰：「有澹臺滅明者，行不由徑。非公事，未嘗至於偃之室也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

子游为武城宰。子曰：“女得人焉尔乎？”曰：“有澹台灭明者，行不由径。非公事，未尝至于偃之室也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

Zǐyóu wèi wǔchéng zǎi. Zǐ yuē: “Rǔ dé rén yān ěr hū?” Yuē: “Yǒu dàntáimièmíng zhě, xíngbùyóujìng. Fēi gōngshì, wèicháng zhìyú yǎn zhī shì yě.” [Pinyin]

Zi You being governor of Wu Cheng, the Master said to him, "Have you got good men there?" He answered, "There is Dan Tai Mie Ming, who never in walking takes a short cut, and excepting on public business never comes to my office."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngbùyóujìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ bat¹ jau⁴ ging³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xíngbùyóujìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngbuyoujinq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ bat¹ jau⁴ ging³
  - Yale: hàhng bāt yàuh ging
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ bat⁷ jau⁴ ging³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ bed¹ yeo⁴ ging³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹ kɪŋ³³/

Idiom

行不由徑

to act justly and honestly

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