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子曰：道聽而塗說，德之棄也。The Master said: To hear something on the road and repeat it along the way is to throw virtue away.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，在路上听到便沿途传说，是把自己的德业丢弃了。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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- Base text reads 道听而涂说; the received text reads 道听而途说
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异Textual variants
Where the base edition differs from the common text; the original follows the base edition.
| Base edition | Common text | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 道听而涂说 | 道听而途说 | 底本PDF238塗简化涂；杨本17.14途 |
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 九
“道，路也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 德弃 | word sense | settled | 杨作道听传言为应革除作风，朱即闻善言不内得、传之即弃己德；所听之语和弃的施事对象有别。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以道听涂说入耳即出口、未反诸心成己德为弃德；不只以传话内容是否荒诞判断此章之病。 |
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