一孔录子曰：居上不宽，为礼不敬，临丧不哀，吾何以观之哉？The Master said: Holding high position without generosity, performing ritual without reverence, attending mourning without grief — how could I bear to look at it?
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注Key words in the commentary
sang (mourning) in the level tone; “居上主于爱人，故以宽为本。为礼以敬为本。临丧以哀为本” — holding high position is about loving people, so generosity is its root; reverence is the root of ritual; grief is the root of mourning; “既无其本，则以何者而观其所行之得失哉” — without the root, by what could one judge the rights and wrongs of what they do?
读How Yikonglu reads it
It is not that it looks bad; there is nothing left to look at. Today: the man on the phone talking business at the door of the funeral hall — however large his gift, no one remembers he came.
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| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “居上主于爱人，故以宽为本。为礼以敬为本。临丧以哀为本” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 50 |
| “既无其本，则以何者而观其所行之得失哉” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 50 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 丧 | 临丧不哀 | sāng |
| 为 | 为礼不敬 | wéi |
页Pages of the base edition
Yikonglu, Analects Ba yi (Book 3) 3.26 “High position without generosity”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/ba-yi/26.html, version 2026-11-04.Last checked: 2026-11-04. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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