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佛肸召，子欲往。子路曰：昔者由也聞諸夫子曰：親於其身為不善者，君子不入也。佛肸以中牟畔，子之往也，如之何！子曰：然。有是言也。不曰堅乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不緇。吾豈匏瓜也哉？焉能繫而不食？Bi Xi summoned the Master, and the Master wanted to go. Zilu said: Some time ago I heard you say, Master: 'A gentleman does not enter the domain of one who personally does wrong.' Bi Xi holds Zhongmou in revolt. How can you go to him? The Master said: Yes, I did say that. But is it not said that what is truly hard can be ground without being worn thin, and what is truly white can be dyed without turning black? Am I a bitter gourd, to hang there and not be eaten?
白Plain Chinese
佛肸召孔子，孔子想去，子路便拿孔子从前“不进入亲自作恶者之党”的话，质问为何要到据中牟反叛的佛肸那里。孔子承认说过，却又说真正坚硬的磨不薄，真正洁白的染不黑，自己难道是只能挂着、不供食用的匏瓜。
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 17.4 子之武城，聞絃歌之聲。夫子莞……
- People
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
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- 佛肸召，子欲往。 Commentary：佛肸，晋大夫赵氏之中牟宰也。（朱熹《论语集注》卷九·阳货第7章（底本第 235—236 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
“胇肹召者，胇肹使人召於孔子。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 佛肸身份 | word sense | settled | 杨作范中行家臣抗赵简子，朱作赵氏中牟宰；坚白不染与匏瓜不用之喻相同，归属不能混写。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以磨涅不能损本质喻不善者不能浼己，孔子不愿如匏瓜系而无用；钱明区分欲往初意与最终未往，非已替佛肸效力。 |
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