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子夏曰：百工居肆以成其事，君子學以致其道。Zixia said: The hundred artisans stay in their workshops to complete their work; the gentleman learns in order to reach his Way.
白Plain Chinese
子夏说，工匠在工场中专心完成各自工作，君子通过学习使自己的道达到完备。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Three Character Classic 3: Artisans complete their work in their workshops, and the gentleman reaches the Way through learning. This follows directly on “If people do not learn, they do not know what is right” (人不学，不知义).
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Close reading and checking
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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
“子夏先為設譬，百工者，巧師也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 致 | word sense | settled | 杨译获得道，朱训极、使道至极；工居肆专其业的比喻同，肆为造作处非放肆。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以肆为官府造作处、致为极，工居肆专其事、君子学才可尽道，不由空谈便得道。 |
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