The Analects 18.9 Grand Music Master Zhi went to Qi

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大師摯適齊，亞飯干適楚，三飯繚適蔡，四飯缺適秦。鼓方叔入於河，播鼗武入於漢，少師陽、擊磬襄入於海。

Text: Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries on the Analects (Sibu Beiyao edition), page 250 of the base edition.

Grand Music Master Zhi went to Qi; Gan, master of the second meal, went to Chu; Liao, master of the third meal, went to Cai; Que, master of the fourth meal, went to Qin. Fangshu the drummer went to the Yellow River region; Wu, player of the hand drum, went to the Han; Yang, the assistant music master, and Xiang, player of the stone chimes, went to the coast.

Working English rendering by Yikonglu; the Chinese text above is what counts.

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白Plain Chinese

鲁国太师挚去了齐国，侑食乐官干去了楚国、缭去了蔡国、缺去了秦国，击鼓的方叔去了河内，摇鼗的武去了汉中，少师阳和击磬的襄去了海边。

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People: Music Master Zhi2 chapters Gan, Musician of the Second Meal Liao, Musician of the Third Meal Que, Musician of the Fourth Meal Fang Shu the Drummer Wu, Player of the Hand Drum Yang, the Assistant Music Master Xiang, Player of the Stone Chimes

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见Cross-references

大师挚适齐，亚饭　Commentary：亚饭以下，以乐侑食之官。（朱熹《论语集注》卷九·微子第9章（底本第 250—251 页））
鼓方叔入于河，播　Commentary：两旁有耳，持其柄而摇之，则旁耳还自击。（朱熹《论语集注》卷九·微子第9章（底本第 250—251 页））

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 九

“大師摯適齊者，自此以下皆魯之樂人名也。”……

woodblock scan vol. 5 p. 33 About this edition

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

“太师挚逃到了齐国，二饭乐师干逃到了楚国，…”

About this edition

钱穆《论语新解》modern, short quote

“太师挚去了齐国，亚饭干去了楚国，三饭缭去了蔡国，…”