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.
南容三復白圭，孔子以其兄之子妻之。Nan Rong repeated the lines on the white jade tablet three times a day, and Confucius gave him his elder brother's daughter as wife.
What this chapter says
一孔按：南容一天反复念“白圭之玷”那几句诗，孔子把侄女嫁给他。三复是谨言的心，谨言的人邦有道不被废，邦无道能免祸。常有人问“南容反复念白圭之诗，孔子为什么就把侄女嫁给他”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
南容反复诵读白玉之瑕尚可磨去、言语之失却不可挽回的诗句，孔子把哥哥的女儿嫁给了他。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 5.1 子謂公冶長：可妻也。雖在縲紲……
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Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
南容反复念白圭之诗，孔子为什么就把侄女嫁给他？
注Key words in the commentary
诗大雅抑之篇曰：白圭之玷，尚可磨也；斯言之玷，不可为也。南容一日三复此言，事见家语，盖深有意于谨言也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 南容三复白圭，孔 | “诗大雅抑之篇曰：白圭之玷，尚可磨也；斯言之玷，不可为也。南容一日三复此言，事见家语，盖深有意于谨言也。此邦有道所以不废，邦无道所以免祸，故孔子以兄子妻之。” | page 142—143 |
| 南容三复白圭，孔 | “必能谨其行矣。” | page 143 |
| 南容三复白圭，孔 | “言者行之表，行者言之实，未有易其言而能谨于行者。南容欲谨其言如此，则必能谨其行矣。” | page 143 |
见Cross-references
- 南容三复白圭，孔 Elsewhere in the Analects：以其兄之子妻之。（《论语》集注分章5.1（底本第 61 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 六
“云南容三復白圭者，復，猶反也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以白圭三复为反复咏抑诗、深以慎言自戒，故无道可免祸并可妻兄女；非只称读诗熟记。 |
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