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子貢曰：紂之不善，不如是之甚也。是以君子惡居下流，天下之惡皆歸焉。Zigong said: Zhou's wickedness was not as extreme as they say. That is why the gentleman hates to dwell in low places, where all the evils of the world flow together.
白Plain Chinese
子贡说，纣的恶并没有传说中那么重，因此君子厌恶把自己置于污下之地，否则天下的恶名都会汇聚到他身上。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 61: "A great state is like the lower reaches of a river" (大国者下流): Zigong says the gentleman most dreads dwelling in the low place, yet Laozi wants the great state to accept the low place willingly.
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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
“此以下是第五子貢語，自有五章。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 下流喻污贱之地而众恶归之，戒自处恶地；朱明非谓纣无罪被诬，杨译亦只说恶不如此甚。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以纣居不善之地恶名归之告诫自警，不是说纣本无罪。钱兼辨众恶人归而连成恶行，朱重点聚恶名。 |
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