Frenemy

子曰：巧言、令色、足恭，

zǐ yuē qiǎo yán lìng sè zú gong

左丘明耻之，

zuǒ qiū míng chǐ zhī

丘亦耻之。

qiū yì chǐ zhī

匿怨而友其人，

nì yuàn ér yǒu qí rén

左丘明耻之，

zuǒ qiū míng chǐ zhī

丘亦耻之。

qiū yì chǐ zhī

 

 

 子曰 - The Master said

巧言 - glib/smooth words

令色 - a contrived and pleasant/seductive demeanour

足 - feet

恭 - worship

左丘明 - Zuo Qiuming (a historian renowned for knowledge and virtue)

耻之 - found shameful/humiliating

丘 - Confucius's name (Kong Qiu)

亦耻之- also finds shameful/humiliating

匿 - hide

怨 - grudge/resentment

而友其人 - and befriend someone

左丘明耻之 - Zuo Qiuming found shameful/humiliating

丘亦耻之 - Qiu also finds shameful/humiliating 

 

 

The Master said: "Smooth talk, contrived pleasantries and grovelling - Zuo Qiuming found these shameful.  I, too find them shameful. To befriend someone while secretly resenting him - Zuo Qiuming found this shameful. I, too find this shameful." - Analects 5:25