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The Kongzi jiyu 孔子集語 "Collected sayings of Confucius" is a collection of sayings attributed to the philosopher Confucius. It is thus a supplement to the so-called "Confucian Analects" Lunyu 論語. It was compiled by the Southern Song period 南宋 (1127-1279) scholar Xue Ju 薛據 (dates not known). In the original version, each of the 20 juan "scrolls" corresponded to one chapter. The received version is arranged in 3 juan, but the text is complete. Xue Ju collected sayings of Confucius and dialogs between him and his scholars that were not included in the Lunyu. In his foreword, Xue Ju says that the did use all kinds of ancient books, except the Zengzi 曾子, Da Dai Liji 大戴禮記, Kongcongzi 孔叢子, Kongzi jiayu 孔子家語, Zuozhuan 左氏, Zhuangzi 莊子, Xunzi 荀子 and Liezi 列子, which is not correct, because the Kongzi jiyu quotes from some of those sources, as well as from the biography of Confucius in the history Shiji. The arrangement of the quotations is not very good. He quotes, for example, from three very different paragraphs in the dictionary Shuowen jiezi 說文解字, and subsumes these heterogeneous statements under one paragraphs. Xue's collection is also by no means complete. He does not, for instance, refer to all quotations in the Hanfeizi 韓非子 or those in the Huainanzi 淮南子. Inspite of these shortcomings, the Kongzi jiyu contains a lot of fragements quoted in books, which have long since lost.
The oldest surviving print was made by the Ming period scholar Zhong Renjie 鍾仁傑. In 1737 it was printed by Kong Guangqi 孔廣啓, Duke Yansheng 衍聖公. It included in the collectanea Tang-Song congshu 唐宋叢書, Siku quanshu 四庫全書 and Zishu baizhong 子書百種. The best version is that of the Tianyige Library 天一閣.
Another compilation with the title Kongzi jiyu 孔子集語 was published by the Qing period scholar Sun Xingyan 孫星衍 in 1816. While the Kongzi jiyu collection by Xue Ju 薛據 mainly quoted from the subclassics Chunqiu fanlu and Hanshi waizhuan, Sun Xingyan collected only quotations from Confucian classics and their commentaries, as well as from Confucian treatises. The book is 17 juan scrolls long and is divided into 17 chapters, each dealing with one aspect of Confucius' teachings. The last three chapters quote from Daoist philosophers and other "masters".
Sun Xingyan's Kongzi jiyu is included in the collectanea Pingjinguan congshu 平津馆 and Ershierzi 二十二子.
Sources:
Li Xueqin 李學勤, Lü Wenyu 呂文鬰 (1996). Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典, vol. 2, p. 1553. Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe.
Sheng Guangzhi 盛廣智 (1996). "Kongzi jiyu 孔子集語", in: Zhuzi baijia da cidian 諸子百家大辭典, ed. by Feng Kezheng 馮克正, Fu Qingsheng 傅慶升, p. 319. Shenyang: Liaoning renmin chubanshe.
| Contents (Xue Ju's collection) |
1.易者 Yizhe About the Book of Changes
2.子貢 Disciple Zigong
3.孔子御 Kongzi Yu Confucius was sitting in attention
4.持盈 Chiying Modest and Humble
5.子觀 Ziguan The Master was admiring
6.公父文伯 Gongfu Wenbo
7.六藝 Liuyi The Six Classical Arts
8.依賢 Yixian Relying on Wisdom
9.漆雕氏 Qidiao Shi Master Handicraft
10.楚昭王 King Chu Zhaowang
11.子出衛 Zi Chu Wey The Master Left Wey
12.顏叔子 Yan Shuzi
13.齊侯問 Qi Hou Wen The Questions of the Marquis of Qi
14.文王 King Wenwang
15.齊桓公 Duke Qi Huangong
16.公索氏 Gongsu Shi
17.子夏問 Zixia Wen The Questions of Disciple Zixia
18.楚伐陳 Chu Fa Chen Chu attacked Chen
19.孔子先 Kongzi Xian Confucius' Ancestor
20.曾子 Disciple Zengzi Zengzi |
| Contents (Sun Xingyan's collection) |
1.勸學 Quanxue Exhortation to Study
2.孝本 Xiaoben The Origin of Filial Piety
3.五性 Wuxing The Five Tempers
4.-5.六藝 Liuyi The Six Classical Arts 1-2
6.主德 Zhude The Virtue of the Ruler
7.臣術 Chenshu The Skills of the Ministers
8.交道 Jiaodao The Way of Social Contact
9.論人 Lunren On Man
10.論政 Lunzheng On Government
11.博物 Bowu On the Many Objects
12.事譜 Shipu Records of Services 1-2
13.雜事 Zashi Miscellaneous Services
14.遺讖 Yichen Forgotten Prophecies
15.-16.寓言 Yuyan Allegories 1-2
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