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.
曾子曰：君子以文會友，以友輔仁。Zengzi said: The gentleman gathers friends through culture, and through friends supports his humaneness.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子以文会友，以友辅仁。讲学聚会让道更明，取人之善来辅己之仁，德就日进。常有人问：“以文会友，以友辅仁”，交朋友到底是为了什么？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
曾子说，君子以学习文献来会合朋友，又以朋友的帮助来增进仁德。
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
“以文会友，以友辅仁”，交朋友到底是为了什么？
注Key words in the commentary
讲学以会友，则道益明；取善以辅仁，则德日进。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 曾子曰：君子以文 | “讲学以会友，则道益明；取善以辅仁，则德日进。” | 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
“君子友相會，以文德為本也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 讲文章学问会友，取友善辅仁；朱道益明德日进是效果说明，非把文限为社交辞藻。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以讲学文章相会、取友善互助仁德日进。钱强调仁不只自进己德，朱从道益明德日进说明。 |
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