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子夏曰：君子信而後勞其民，未信則以為厲己也；信而後諫，未信則以為謗己也。Zixia said: The gentleman wins the trust of his people before he works them; without their trust, they will think he is oppressing them. He wins trust before he remonstrates; without trust, the ruler will think he is slandering him.
白Plain Chinese
子夏说，君子先使百姓信任自己，再使他们出力，否则百姓会认为是在伤害他们，先得到信任再进谏，否则对方会认为是在诽谤自己。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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 十
“云君子信而後勞其民者，君子謂國君也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 使民劳与向上谏皆先取信，不然被当病己谤己；朱以诚意交孚说明，非经营虚名后再强迫。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以先取信再劳民谏上，信来自诚意交孚；钱明说举常道而非绝例，未信仍可能有不得不谏如箕比之时。 |
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