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微子去之，箕子為之奴，比干諫而死。孔子曰：殷有三仁焉。The Viscount of Wei left, the Viscount of Ji became a slave, and Bi Gan remonstrated and died. Confucius said: Yin had three humane men.
白Plain Chinese
微子离开了纣，箕子被纣降为奴隶，比干因进谏而死，孔子说，殷朝有三位仁人。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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 九
“微子，殷王帝乙之元子，紂庶兄也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 微子去、箕子奴、比干死，行异而皆仁；朱以各全本心说明，杨补微子同母庶出传说，不把不同选择排高下。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认微箕为国名、子为爵，三人去留死各异而皆存仁心，不能只以死谏一法作为仁的标准。 |
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