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Ba yi (Book 3) · chapter 1八佾舞于庭

孔子谓季氏:八佾舞于庭,是可忍也,孰不可忍也!
Source text and commentary from Zhu Xi, Lunyu jizhu (Sibu beiyao printing).

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常The common reading

(标题问)“是可忍孰不可忍”=我忍不下去了。

注Key words in the commentary

“佾,舞列也”;“天子八,诸侯六,大夫四,士二”(每佾人数二说,“未详孰是”);“孔子言其此事尚忍为之,则何事不可忍为”(忍=季氏下得去手);“或曰:忍,容忍也”并列。

家What other commentators say

范祖禹“降杀以两……不可以毫发僭差”;谢良佐“季氏忍此矣,则虽弑父与君,亦何所惮而不为”。

读How Yikonglu reads it

多出来的四行舞,量出一颗心硬到什么地步;放到今天:开会坐了老板的位子。

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“佾,音逸。季氏,鲁大夫季孙氏也。佾,舞列也,天子八,诸侯六,大夫四,士二。每佾人数,如其佾数。或曰:每佾八人。未详孰是”Zhu Xi's commentarypage 37
“季氏以大夫而僭用天子之礼乐,孔子言其此事尚忍为之,则何事不可忍为。或曰:忍,容忍也。盖深疾之之辞”Zhu Xi's commentarypage 37
“乐舞之数,自上而下,降杀以两而已,故两之间,不可以毫发僭差也。孔子为政,先正礼乐,则季氏之罪不容诛矣”Fan Zuyu, quoted by Zhu Xipage 37
“君子于其所不当为不敢须臾处,不忍故也。而季氏忍此矣,则虽弑父与君,亦何所惮而不为乎”Xie Liangzuo, quoted by Zhu Xipage 37

音Pronunciation

CharacterIn the lineRead as
佾八佾yì
孰孰不可忍shú

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