The Analects论语

Book 14, Passage 14.29

Tsze-kung was in the habit of comparing men together. The Master said, 'Tsze must have reached a high pitch of excellence! Now, I have not leisure for this.'

子贡方人,子曰:“赐也贤乎哉?夫我则不暇。”
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子zǐ贡gòng方fāng人rén,子zǐ曰yuē:“赐cì也yě贤xián乎hū哉zāi?夫fú我wǒ则zé不bù暇xiá。”

1Tsze-kung was in the habit of comparing men together. The Master said, 'Tsze must have reached a high pitch of excellence! Now, I have not leisure for this.'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

方人:有二解,一是郑注“言人之过恶”,即讥评别人;二是比也,同别人比而较其短长。两说均通,今从后说。

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