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叔孫武叔語大夫於朝，曰：子貢賢於仲尼。子服景伯以告子貢。子貢曰：譬之宮牆，賜之牆也及肩，窺見室家之好。夫子之牆數仞，不得其門而入，不見宗廟之美，百官之富。得其門者或寡矣。夫子之云，不亦宜乎！Shusun Wushu said to the ministers at court: Zigong is worthier than Zhongni. Zifu Jingbo told Zigong. Zigong said: Compare it to the walls of a house. My wall reaches only to the shoulder, so one can peer over and see the fine rooms inside. The Master's wall is many yards high; unless one finds the gate and goes in, one cannot see the beauty of the ancestral temple or the richness of its many officers. Those who find the gate may be few. That the gentleman should say so — is it not natural?
白Plain Chinese
叔孙武叔在朝廷说子贡胜过孔子，子服景伯转告后，子贡以院墙作比，说自己的墙只到肩膀，外面就能看见室内之好，老师的墙却有几仞高，若找不到门进去，就看不见宗庙之美、众多房舍。能找到门的人或许很少，武叔说出那样的话，也就不足为怪。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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见Cross-references
- 叔孙武叔语大夫于 Commentary：武叔，鲁大夫，名州仇。（朱熹《论语集注》卷十·子张第23章（底本第 260 页））
- 子服景伯以告子贡 Elsewhere in the Analects：子服景伯以告，曰：夫子固有惑志于公伯寮，吾力犹能肆诸市朝。（《论语》集注分章14.38（底本第 201 页））
- 夫子之墙数仞，不 Commentary：不入其门，则不见其中之所有，言墙高而宫广也。（朱熹《论语集注》卷十·子张第23章（底本第 260 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 十
“云叔孫武叔者，魯大夫也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 宫墙高低喻学问境界，仞七尺、官房舍；末夫子指武叔，不误回孔子自称自己不及。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以宫墙高低喻子贡可窥、孔子非得门不可见其道，不得门者误以为贡贤于师；非只比较社会职位显赫。 |
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