一孔录王孙贾问曰：与其媚于奥，宁媚于灶，何谓也？子曰：不然。获罪于天，无所祷也。Tap any sentence of the original to copy it with its source.
注Key words in the commentary
“媚，亲顺也”；“室西南隅为奥”；“奥有常尊，而非祭之主；灶虽卑贱，而当时用事”；“喻自结于君，不如阿附权臣也”；“天，即理也”。
家What other commentators say
谢良佐“圣人之言，逊而不迫”。
读How Yikonglu reads it
事情做对了，跟谁都好说；做错了，跟谁处好都没用。
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| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| paraphrase媚，亲顺也。室西南隅为奥。灶者，五祀之一，夏所祭也……奥有常尊，而非祭之主；灶虽卑贱，而当时用事 | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 43 |
| “喻自结于君，不如阿附权臣也。贾，卫之权臣，故以此讽孔子” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 43 |
| “天，即理也。其尊无对，非奥灶之可比也。逆理，则获罪于天矣，岂媚于奥灶所能祷而免乎？言但当顺理，非特不当媚灶，亦不可媚于奥也” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 44 |
| “圣人之言，逊而不迫。使王孙贾而知此意，不为无益；使其不知，亦非所以取祸” | Xie Liangzuo, quoted by Zhu Xi | page 44 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 奥 | 媚于奥 | ào |
| 媚 | 媚于灶 | mèi |
| 祷 | 无所祷也 | dǎo |
页Pages of the base edition
Yikonglu, Analects Ba yi (Book 3) 3.13 “媚奥媚灶”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/ba-yi/13.html, version 2026-11-04.Last checked: 2026-11-04. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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