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.
公叔文子之臣大夫僎，與文子同升諸公。子聞之曰：可以為文矣。Zhuan, a household officer of Gongshu Wenzi, rose together with Wenzi to the ducal court. When the Master heard of it, he said: He deserves to be called Wen.
What this chapter says
一孔按：公叔文子推荐自己的家臣僎，与自己一同升为公朝之臣。孔子说他可以谥为“文”了。荐贤不计尊卑，顺理成章。常有人问：公叔文子推荐家臣与自己同升公朝，孔子为什么说他可以谥为“文”？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
公叔文子把家臣大夫僎荐举到公朝，使他和自己同列；孔子听说后说，这就可以称为文了。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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
公叔文子推荐家臣与自己同升公朝，孔子为什么说他可以谥为“文”？
注Key words in the commentary
臣，家臣。公，公朝。谓荐之与己同进为公朝之臣也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 公叔文子之臣大夫 | “臣，家臣。公，公朝。谓荐之与己同进为公朝之臣也。” | page 195 |
| 公叔文子之臣大夫 | “文者，顺理而成章之谓。谥法亦有所谓锡民爵位曰文者。” | page 195 |
| 公叔文子之臣大夫 | “仲叔圉，即孔文子也。三人皆卫臣，虽未必贤，而其才可用。灵公用之，又各当其才。” | page 195—196 |
| 子闻之曰：可以为 | “家臣之贱，而引之使与己并，有三善焉：知人，一也；忘己，二也；事君，三也。” | page 195 |
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 七
“云公叔文子之臣大夫僎者，僎，卽前孔子所問公明賈之文子有臣名僎，亦為大夫也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以僎为文子家臣、荐与己同升公朝，见推贤无私可谥文；不是依依附私门得显而誉文。 |
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