子贡方人,子曰:“赐也贤乎哉?夫我则不暇。”
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.'
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.'
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.'
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。