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孺悲欲見孔子，孔子辭以疾。將命者出戶，取瑟而歌。使之聞之。Ru Bei wanted to see Confucius; Confucius declined, pleading illness. As the messenger went out the door, he took up his zither and sang, making sure he heard it.
白Plain Chinese
孺悲求见，孔子以生病推辞，传话的人刚走出门，他就拿瑟来弹唱，故意让孺悲听见。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 17.1 陽貨欲見孔子，孔子不見，歸孔……
- People
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Close reading and checking
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见Cross-references
- 孺悲欲见孔子，孔 Commentary：孺悲，鲁人，尝学士丧礼于孔子。（朱熹《论语集注》卷九·阳货第20章（底本第 240 页））
- 孺悲欲见孔子，孔 Commentary：当是时必有以得罪者。（朱熹《论语集注》卷九·阳货第20章（底本第 240 页））
- 孺悲欲见孔子，孔 Elsewhere in the Analects：阳货欲见孔子，孔子不见，归孔子豚。（《论语》集注分章17.1（底本第 231 页））
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
“孺悲，魯人也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | fairly sure | 辞疾而歌使孺悲知非真病，为不屑之教；朱推必有得罪事，杨以是否此义疑问提出，证据把握不同。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以辞疾却让使者闻瑟歌，故意使孺悲知非真病以警教；不是孔子欲用说谎逃见后偶被发现。 |
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