一孔录The video for this chapter is still in production. For now this page gives the original text, the facsimile page, a working translation and the commentary; the full reading follows when the video is out.
齊景公有馬千駟，死之日，民無德而稱焉。伯夷叔齊餓於首陽之下，民到於今稱之。其斯之謂與？Duke Jing of Qi had a thousand teams of four horses, yet on the day he died the people found no virtue in him to praise. Boyi and Shuqi starved at the foot of Mount Shouyang, and the people praise them to this day. Is this not what it means?
What this chapter says
一孔按：齐景公有马四千匹，死时百姓无德可称；伯夷叔齐饿死首阳山下，百姓到今天称颂。后人记住的是德，不是财。常有人问“齐景公有马千驷，伯夷叔齐饿死首阳，后人为什么记住了后者”，上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
齐景公拥有四千匹马，死时百姓却没有什么德行可以称颂，伯夷、叔齐饿死在首阳山下，百姓至今仍称颂他们，说的大概就是这样的事。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
齐景公有马千驷，伯夷叔齐饿死首阳，后人为什么记住了后者？
注Key words in the commentary
驷，四马也。首阳，山名。
核Zhu Xi's commentary, line by line
Zhu Xi's own words on each line of this chapter, each checked against the base-edition page. Other commentators are added when the chapter is covered. About this edition
| Line | Quoted text | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 齐景公有马千驷， | “驷，四马也。首阳，山名。” | page 228 |
| 其斯之谓与？ | “愚谓此说近是，而章首当有‘孔子曰’字，盖阙文耳。大抵此书后十篇多阙误。” | page 228 |
家Other commentaries
Our base text is Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries (above). Here are other commentaries side by side: for old commentaries, the first line of the sub-commentary with a link to the woodblock scan; for modern editions, one short quoted translation for comparison. The “compared with Zhu Xi” notes are written by Yikonglu, not quoted.
皇侃《论语义疏》Liang dynasty · 1750 Japanese woodblock edition · juan 八
“云齊景公有馬千駟者，千駟，四千匹馬也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 钱主德当读得，言景公无可得称，伯夷叔齐称不在富；朱依德字并取移诚不以富亦只以异于末句前之说。两家对错简移句相近但未是已证定本。 | |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 错简 | word sense | uncertain | 杨说诚不以富移此缺证，朱认为近是并疑章首缺孔子曰；景公与夷齐名德对比相合，不擅补正文。 |
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