矣 yǐ
particle
final particle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese, 矣 is analagous to 了 in modern Chinese in being placed after a verb to mark the perfect aspect (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 116) For example, 視之，苗則槁矣 'found the corn all withered' (Mengzi: 3.2/16/5, translation by Legge).
Contained in
- 巧言令色鲜矣仁(巧言令色鮮矣仁) flattering speech and an ingratiating expression are rarely associated with virtue
- 往事已矣 the past is dead
- 朝闻道，夕死可矣(朝聞道，夕死可矣) if one hears the Way in the morning, he can die [without regret] in the evening
- 久矣 already for a long time
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 252
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 163
- Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 89
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 83
- 卷十八 趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 77
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 77
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 74
- 卷二十四 魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 69
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 67
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 66