過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
過 則 改 憚 勿
あやま
Grade: 5		 すなわ
Grade: 5		 あらた
Grade: 4		 はばか
Hyōgaiji		 なか
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 過則勿憚改 (guòzéwùdàngǎi), from The Analects:[1]

子(し)曰(いわ)く、「君(くん)子(し)重(おも)からざれば則(すなわ)ち威(い)あらず、学(なら)べば則(すなわ)ち固(こ)ならず。忠(ちゅう)信(しん)を主(しゅ)とし、己(おのれ)に如(し)かざる者(もの)を友(とも)とすること無(な)かれ、過(あやま)ちては則(すなわ)ち改(あらた)むるに憚(はばか)ること勿(なか)れ。」
Shi iwaku,“Kunshi omokarazareba sunawachi i arazu, narabeba sunawachi ko narazu. chūshin o shu to shi, onore ni shikazaru mono o tomo to suru koto nakare, ayamachite wa sunawachi aratamuru ni habakaru koto nakare.”
The Master said, "If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any veneration, and his learning will not be solid. Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

Proverb

過(あやま)ちては則(すなわ)ち改(あらた)むるに憚(はばか)ること勿(なか)れ • (ayamachite wa sunawachi aratamuru ni habakaru koto nakare) 

  1. When making a mistake, do not be afraid to correct it. Be quick to amend one's wrongs.

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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