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The Analects › Wei zheng (Book 2)

Wei zheng (Book 2) · chapter 16攻乎异端

子曰:攻乎异端,斯害也已。
Source text and commentary from Zhu Xi, Lunyu jizhu (Sibu beiyao printing).

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常The common reading

对异端要攻击。

注Key words in the commentary

范祖禹“攻,专治也,故治木石金玉之工曰攻”;“异端,非圣人之道,而别为一端,如杨墨是也”。

家What other commentators say

程子以佛为更大的害(宋儒对本朝的判断);刘宝楠《正义》记孙奕:攻=攻击,已=停止,意思相反。

读How Yikonglu reads it

照朱熹取“钻进去有害”。

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 · Zhibuzu Zhai edition · juan 一

“此章禁人雜學諸子百家之書也。”……

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杨伯峻《论语译注》Zhonghua Book Co. · modern, short quote

“批判那些不正确的议论,祸害就可以消灭了。”

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钱穆《论语新解》modern, short quote

“专向反对的一端用力,那就有害了。”

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Compared with Zhu Xi

CommentaryPointRelationNote
钱穆《论语新解》differs钱以攻为专攻,异端为相反的一端,戒偏执;朱以异端为非圣人之道,举杨墨例。
杨伯峻《论语译注》攻word sense杨为攻击,已为消灭;朱引范氏以攻为专治,谓专治异端为害。

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Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition

Quoted textSourcePage
“攻,专治也,故治木石金玉之工曰攻”Fan Zuyu, quoted by Zhu Xipage 31
“异端,非圣人之道,而别为一端,如杨墨是也。其率天下至于无父无君,专治而欲精之,为害甚矣”Fan Zuyu, quoted by Zhu Xipage 31
paraphrase佛氏之言,比之杨墨,尤为近理,所以其害为尤甚。学者当如淫声美色以远之,不尔,则骎骎然入于其中矣Cheng Yi, quoted by Zhu Xipage 31
paraphrase攻=攻击、已=止一说刘宝楠《论语正义》所记宋人孙奕《示儿编》说page 52

页Pages of the base edition

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