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.
子貢問友。子曰：忠告而善道之，不可則止，毋自辱焉。Zigong asked about friendship. The Master said: Advise him faithfully and guide him well; if that fails, stop. Do not bring humiliation on yourself.
What this chapter says
一孔按：朋友之间，尽心告诉他，好好开导他，不听就停，别自取其辱。友以义合，劝到该停处要停。常有人问“子贡问交友，朋友劝一次不听，孔子说该不该接着劝”，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
子贡问交友，孔子说，诚恳相告，善加劝导，不被接受就暂且停止，不要弄到自己受辱。
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
子贡问交友，朋友劝一次不听，孔子说该不该接着劝？
注Key words in the commentary
友所以辅仁，故尽其心以告之，善其说以道之。然以义合者也，故不可则止。若以数而见疏，则自辱矣。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：忠告而善道 | “友所以辅仁，故尽其心以告之，善其说以道之。然以义合者也，故不可则止。若以数而见疏，则自辱矣。” | page 171 |
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
“諮求朋友之道也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 尽心忠告、善导，不从则止以免自辱；告读去声旧音，非不顾交友义而立即绝交。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以尽心忠告且善其劝导，若不纳则暂止避免烦渎自辱；钱明确止言不等于立即绝友。 |
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