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.
子曰：君子成人之美，不成人之惡。小人反是。The Master said: The gentleman helps others achieve what is good in them, not what is bad. The petty man does the opposite.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子成全别人的好事，不促成别人的坏事；小人正相反。存心厚薄不同，所好善恶不同，用心就不同。常有人问：“君子成人之美，不成人之恶”，这句话怎么讲？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子帮助别人成就好事，不帮助别人成就坏事；小人正好相反。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
“君子成人之美，不成人之恶”，这句话怎么讲？
注Key words in the commentary
成者，诱掖奖劝以成其事也。君子小人所存既有厚薄之殊，而其所好又有善恶之异，故其用心不同如此。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：君子成人之 | “成者，诱掖奖劝以成其事也。君子小人所存既有厚薄之殊，而其所好又有善恶之异，故其用心不同如此。” | page 166 |
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
“美與己同，故成之也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 成全人善、不助人恶；朱成释诱掖奖劝，杨成全好事，不是替别人装饰恶行。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训成为诱掖奖劝助成，君子厚而好善、小人薄而好恶，故所成人之美恶不同。 |
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