一孔录The video for this chapter is still in production. For now this page gives the original text, the facsimile page, a working translation and the commentary; the full reading follows when the video is out.
子曰：君子求諸己，小人求諸人。The Master said: The gentleman seeks it in himself; the petty man seeks it in others.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子要求自己，小人要求别人。君子无不反求诸己，小人反此。三章合看：不求人知，却要有实，凡事反求于己。常有人问：“君子求诸己，小人求诸人”是什么意思？上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子从自己身上寻求，小人却向别人求取。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
“君子求诸己，小人求诸人”是什么意思？
注Key words in the commentary
君子无不反求诸己，小人反是。此君子小人所以分也。
核Zhu Xi's commentary, line by line
Zhu Xi's own words on each line of this chapter, each checked against the base-edition page. Other commentators are added when the chapter is covered. About this edition
| Line | Quoted text | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：君子求诸己 | “君子无不反求诸己，小人反是。此君子小人所以分也。” | page 214 |
家Other commentaries
Our base text is Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries (above). Here are other commentaries side by side: for old commentaries, the first line of the sub-commentary with a link to the woodblock scan; for modern editions, one short quoted translation for comparison. The “compared with Zhu Xi” notes are written by Yikonglu, not quoted.
皇侃《论语义疏》Liang dynasty · 1750 Japanese woodblock edition · juan 八
“君子自責己德行之不足，不責人也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以君子无不反求诸己、小人专求诸人，联前后无能无名看应求实德，非拒绝一切社会关系。 |
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