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.
子貢方人。子曰：賜也賢乎哉？夫我則不暇。Zigong was comparing people. The Master said: Ci must be very worthy! As for me, I have no time for that.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子贡比较人物长短，孔子说你就那么贤吗？我没这工夫。比方人物虽也是穷理，专务于此，心就驰外，自治反而疏了。常有人问：子贡喜欢比较别人长短，孔子为什么说“夫我则不暇”？上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
子贡比较人物的长短，孔子说，端木赐已经很贤了吗，我却没有这样闲暇。
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
子贡喜欢比较别人长短，孔子为什么说“夫我则不暇”？
注Key words in the commentary
方，比也。乎哉，疑辞。比方人物而较其短长，虽亦穷理之事，然专务为此，则心驰于外，而所以自治者疎矣。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子贡方人。 | “方，比也。乎哉，疑辞。比方人物而较其短长，虽亦穷理之事，然专务为此，则心驰于外，而所以自治者疎矣。故褒之而疑其辞，复自贬以深抑之。” | page 199 |
| 子贡方人。 | “凡章指同而文不异者，一言而重出也；文小异者，屡言而各出也。此章凡四见，而文皆有异，则圣人于此一事，盖屡言之，其丁宁之意亦可见矣。” | page 199 |
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
“云子貢方人者，比方人也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以方人为比较人物长短，孔子以无暇反抑子贡心驰外。钱不取方通谤的专说人恶解。 |
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