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：眾惡之，必察焉；眾好之，必察焉。The Master said: When everyone hates someone, you must look into it; when everyone loves someone, you must look into it.
What this chapter says
一孔按：众人都厌恶他，一定要考察；众人都喜欢他，也一定要考察。好恶有时出于私情或从众，不察就会看错人。常有人问：“众恶之必察焉，众好之必察焉”，大家都说好为什么还要查？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，众人都厌恶他，必须考察，众人都喜欢他，也必须考察。
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
“众恶之必察焉，众好之必察焉”，大家都说好为什么还要查？
注Key words in the commentary
好恶并去声。
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：众恶之，必 | “好恶并去声。” | page 216 |
| 子曰：众恶之，必 | “惟仁者能好恶人。众好恶之而不察，则或蔽于私矣。” | page 216 |
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
“云衆惡之必察焉者，設有一人為衆所憎惡者，必當察其德，不可從衆而同而惡之也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以众好众恶须察其实，群议可能偏私，不能拿多数口碑直接定善恶；钱兼举特立受恶、干誉获好的两面。 |
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