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柳下惠為士師，三黜。人曰：子未可以去乎？曰：直道而事人，焉往而不三黜？枉道而事人，何必去父母之邦？Liuxia Hui served as chief judge and was dismissed three times. Someone said: Is it not time for you to leave? He said: If I serve others by the straight Way, where could I go and not be dismissed three times? If I serve others by a crooked Way, why should I leave the land of my parents?
白Plain Chinese
柳下惠做士师，屡次被罢黜，有人劝他离去，他说，依正道事人，去哪里不会被罢黜，若屈道事人，又何必离开父母之邦。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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- 枉道而事人，何必 Commentary：然其不能枉道之意，则有确乎其不可拔者。（朱熹《论语集注》卷九·微子第2章（底本第 244—245 页））
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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
“柳下惠者，柳下季也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 柳下惠宁守直道屡黜，不必枉道求外仕；三读屡次，朱重和而不自失，不是无限忍任何无道要求。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以士师典狱、黜退职，柳下惠不肯枉道却辞气雍容、留父母邦而不失直；不是被逐仍只恋乡土求禄。 |
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