| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 慢 U+6162 |  Seal script |
| Radical: | 心+ 11 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.405#21 Kangxi: p.399#12 Cihai: p.542r1c04 GSR: 266.h Hanyu: v4,p2346#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 忄, right: 曼. |
| Mandarin: | màn ㄇㄢˋ |
| Cantonese: | maan6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | màn |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》慢：惰也。从心曼声。一曰慢，不畏也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·谏·慢》慢：怠也，倨也，易也，俗作𢢔。谟晏切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·十一》慢：《广韵》谟晏切《集韵》《正韵》莫晏切《韵会》莫绾切，𠀤音缦。《说文》惰也。从心曼声。一曰不畏也。《广韵》怠也，倨也，缓也。《朱子曰》慢，放肆也。又或作僈。《荀子·不苟篇》宽而不僈。亦作谩。《前汉·董仲舒传》桀纣暴谩。又《大学》举而不能先命也。《郑氏云》命，读爲慢。又《集韵》亦作漫。详水部漫字注。又《集韵》䁕见切，音麫。慢訑，弛纵意。又《集韵》谟官切，音瞒。惑也。又叶民坚切，音眠。《古诗》太古之不慢兮，礼义之不愆兮。又叶莫半切，音幔。《谢惠连·秋怀诗》夷险难预谋，倚伏昧前算。虽好相如达，不同长卿慢。 考证：〔《大学》举而不能先命也。《郑氏云》命，当作慢。〕谨照原文当作改读爲。 |
| Fanqie: | 谟晏 (《广韵·去声·谏·慢》) |
| Unihan definition: | slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish |
Example usage
| 《论语·泰伯》: | 君子所贵乎道者三：动容貌，斯远暴慢矣。 |
| There are three principles of conduct which the man of high rank should consider specially important: that in his deportment and manner he keep from violence and heedlessness. | |
| 《孟子·滕文公上》: | 是故暴君污吏必慢其经界。 |
| On this account, oppressive rulers and impure ministers are sure to neglect this defining of the boundaries. | |
| 《孝经·天子》: | 敬亲者，不敢慢于人。 |
| And he who reveres his parents will not dare (to incur the risk of) being contemned by any man. | |
| 《论衡·率性》: | 故曰：“齐舒缓，秦慢易，楚促急，燕戆投。” |
| They say that the people of Qi are soft and supple, those of Qin unsteady and versatile, of Chu lively and passionate, of Yan dull and simple. | |
| 《墨子·尚同中》: | 其事鬼神也，酒醴粢盛不敢不蠲洁，牺牲不敢不腯肥，圭璧币帛不敢不中度量，春秋祭祀不敢失时几，听狱不敢不中，分财不敢不均，居处不敢怠慢。 |
| With purification and baths and clean wine and cakes they led the people to make sacrifice and libation to Heaven and the spirits. In such services to the spirits they dared not use wine and cakes that were unclean, sacrificial animals that were not fat, or jade and silk that did not satisfy the standard requirements. The proper time for the spring and autumn sacrifices they dared not miss. Judging lawsuits, they dared not be unjust. Distributing properties, they dared not be unfair. Even when at leisure they dared not be disrespectful. | |
| 《庄子·知北游》: | 神农隐几拥杖而起，嚗然放杖而笑，曰：“天知予僻陋慢訑，故弃予而死。” |
| Shen Nong leant forward on his stool, laid hold of his staff and rose. Then he laid the staff aside with a clash, laughed and said, 'That Heaven knew how cramped and mean, how arrogant and assuming I was, and therefore he has cast me off.' | |
| 《商君书·垦令》: | 壹山泽，则恶农慢惰倍欲之民无所于食。 |
| If mountains and moors are brought into one hand, then the people who hate agriculture, the tardy and lazy and those who desire double profit, will have no means of subsistence. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 帝曰：“毋若丹朱傲，维慢游是好，毋水行舟，朋淫于家，用绝其世。” |
| The Emperor said, 'Do not be arrogant like Zhu of Dan, who took his pleasure only in idleness and dissipation. He would make boats go where there was no water, introduced licentious friends into his family, and thereby cut off the hereditary honours of his house.' | |
| 《诗经·大叔于田》: | 叔马慢忌、叔发罕忌、抑释掤忌、抑鬯弓忌。 |
| His horses move slowly; He shoots but seldom; Now he lays aside his quiver; Now he returns his bows to his case. | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 夫民闭于人，而有鄙心，可敬不可慢，易以溺人。 |
| 《荀子·君子》: | 故尊圣者王，贵贤者霸，敬贤者存，慢贤者亡，古今一也。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 君子思礼以修身，则怠惰慢易之节不至。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 当是时也，方乘胜而志广，大国往聘，慢而弗敬其使者。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 怠慢摽弃，则慰之以祸灾，愿婉端悫，则合之以礼乐。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 慢怛以补不足，礼节以损有馀。 |
| 《新书·道术》: | 期果言当谓之信，反信为慢。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 此四人者年老矣，皆以上慢侮士，故逃匿山中，义不为汉臣，然上高此四人。 |
| 《中论·法象》: | 夫法象立、所以为君子，法象者、莫先乎正容貌、慎威仪，是故先王之制礼也，为冕服采章以旌之，为佩玉鸣璜以声之，欲其尊也，欲其庄也，焉可懈慢也？ |
| 《孔子家语·始诛》: | 夫慢令谨诛，贼也。 |
| 《潜夫论·贤难》: | 今世俗之人，自慢其亲而憎人敬之，自简其亲而憎人爱之者不少也。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄莹》: | 古者不𨖛不虞，慢其思虑，匪筮匪卜，吉凶交渎。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 畏舟，慢也。 |
| 《孔丛子·刑论》: | 宽而不察，是慢也。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 曰：“事枉而难实者，欺慢必众，奸伪必作，争讼必繁，刑杀必深，吁嗟纷扰之声，章乎天下矣，非所以抚遗民，成缉熙也。” |
| 《素书·遵义章》: | 慢其所敬者凶。 |
| 《独断·卷下》: | 又有蹋猪车，慢轮有画，田猎乘之，绿车名曰皇孙车，天子孙乘之，以从。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 又有蹋猪车，慢轮有画，田猎乘之，绿车名曰皇孙车，天子孙乘之，以从。 |
| 《文子·道德》: | 夫失道者，奢泰骄佚，慢倨矜傲，见馀自显自明，执雄坚强，作难结怨，为兵主，为乱首，小人行之，身受大殃，大人行之，国家灭亡，浅及其身，深及子孙，夫罪莫大于无道，怨莫深于无德，天道然也。 |
| 《列仙传·商丘子胥》: | 贵戚富室闻之，取而服之，不能终岁辄止，慢矣。 |
| 《韩非子·饰邪》: | 故恃鬼神者慢于法，恃诸侯者危其国。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 故举重越高者，不慢于药。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 暴慢之人，诛之以刑，则祸不起。 |
| 《六韬·选将》: | 有貌恭敬而心慢者。 |
| 《淮南子·时则训》: | 工事苦慢，作为淫巧，必行其罪。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·贵直》: | 惠公即位二年，淫色暴慢，身好玉女，秦人袭我，逊去绛七十，用此士也。 |
| 《尹文子·大道下》: | 礼者，所以行恭谨，亦所以生惰慢。 |
| 《邓析子·转辞》: | 忠怠于宦成，病始于少瘳，祸生于懈慢，孝衰于妻子， 察1此四者，慎终如始也。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 冬，十二月，齐侯游于姑棼，遂田于贝丘，见大豕，从者曰，公子彭生也，公怒曰，彭生敢见，射之，豕人立而啼，公惧，队于车，伤足，丧屦，反，诛屦于徒人费，弗得，鞭之见血，走出，遇贼于门，劫而束之，费曰，我奚御哉，袒而示之背，信之，费请先入，伏公而出斗，死于门中，石之纷如死于阶下，遂入，杀孟阳于床，曰，非君也，不类，见公之足于户下，遂弑之，而立无知，初，襄公立无常，鲍叔牙曰，君使民慢，乱将作矣，奉公子小白出奔莒，乱作，管夷吾，召忽奉公子纠来奔，初，公孙无知虐于雍廪。 |
| 《逸周书·諡法解》: | 暴慢无亲曰厉。 |
| 《国语·楚语下》: | 上下有序则民不慢。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 古者不慢行而繁祭，不轻身而恃巫。 |
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