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Ba yi (Book 3) · chapter 3人而不仁,如礼何

子曰:人而不仁,如礼何?人而不仁,如乐何?
Source text and commentary from Zhu Xi, Lunyu jizhu (Sibu beiyao printing).

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注Key words in the commentary

游酢“人心亡矣……礼乐不为之用也”;程颐“仁者天下之正理,失正理则无序而不和”;李郁“礼乐待人而后行”。

家What other commentators say

“记者序此于八佾雍彻之后,疑其为僭礼乐者发也”(编者排法是线索)。

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排足八行、唱天子的诗,人不对,礼乐拿他没办法。

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“人而不仁,则人心亡矣,其如礼乐何哉?言虽欲用之,而礼乐不为之用也”You Zuo, quoted by Zhu Xipage 38
“仁者天下之正理,失正理则无序而不和”Cheng Yi, quoted by Zhu Xipage 38
“礼乐待人而后行,苟非其人,则虽玉帛交错,钟鼓铿锵,亦将如之何哉?然记者序此于八佾雍彻之后,疑其为僭礼乐者发也”朱注引李氏(李郁);“然记者”一句按《集注》按语处理(Codex 核)page 38

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