一孔录What this chapter says
一孔按：出来做不为贪位，收起来不为只顾自己，心里没有非用不可的念头才做得到；子路以勇自负，孔子要的是遇事知怕、肯谋划、能办成的人。常有人问“被用和不被用，哪个更难”，上面是一孔录的回答。
白Plain Chinese
孔子对颜渊说：用我，就出来行道；不用，就把这道收起来。能这样的，大概只有我和你。子路问：老师若是带兵打仗，愿意跟谁一起？孔子说：赤手打老虎、不坐船硬过大河，送了命也不懊悔的，这种人我不跟他共事。我要的，是临事小心戒惧、肯用心谋划又能办成事的人。
A plain modern-Chinese rendering following Yikonglu's reading.
看Watch this chapter
This chapter is read in Yikonglu episode “述而三”:YouTubeBilibili
Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 30: “Achieve the result without pride, achieve it without boasting” (果而勿矜，果而勿伐). The commander Confucius wanted was likewise one who “approaches a task with caution and succeeds through careful planning.”
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 69: "No calamity is greater than underestimating the enemy" (祸莫大于轻敌): what Confucius wanted was someone who "approaches affairs with fear."
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 73: "Bravery in not daring means life" (勇于不敢则活): Confucius wanted nothing to do with someone who would fight a tiger bare-handed or wade across a river.
- People
- Textual variants
- Base text reads 唯我与尔; the received text reads 惟我与尔
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
被用和不被用，哪个更难？
注Key words in the commentary
“舍”读上声，“夫”音扶，“好”读去声。“万二千五百人为军，大国三军”；“暴虎，徒搏。冯河，徒涉。惧，谓敬其事。成，谓成其谋”。
说What other commentators say
尹氏“用舍无与于己，行藏安于所遇，命不足道也。颜子几于圣人，故亦能之”；谢氏“其行非贪位，其藏非独善也。若有欲心，则不用而求行，舍之而不藏矣”；朱注“言此皆以抑其勇而教之，然行师之要实不外此，子路盖不知也”。
异Textual variants
Where the base edition differs from the common text; the original follows the base edition.
| Base edition | Common text | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 唯我与尔 | 惟我与尔 | 底本PDF94唯；杨本7.11惟 |
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 四
“云子謂云云者，孔子謂顏淵曰：用之行、舍之藏者，謂時世宜行之事，則可行之；不宜行之事，則可止之也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以用舍在外、行藏须安所遇，不取无谋逞勇者。钱更强调身有可行可藏之道，朱首引尹氏谓用舍无与于己。 |
核Check every citation
Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “尹氏曰：用舍无与于己……故亦能之” | Yin Tun, quoted by Zhu Xi | page 94 |
| “子路曰：子行三军，则谁与？／万二千五百人为军……必与己同” | 经文、朱注 | page 94 page 95 |
| “子曰：暴虎冯河……好谋而成者也。／暴虎，徒搏……子路盖不知也” | 经文、朱注 | page 95 |
| “谢氏曰：圣人于行藏之间……而况于行三军乎” | Xie Liangzuo, quoted by Zhu Xi | page 95 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 舍 | 舍之则藏、用舍 | shě |
| 夫 | 有是夫、夫不谋无成 | fú |
| 与 | 唯我与尔、则谁与、吾不与也 | yǔ |
| 行 | 行三军、行师 | xíng |
| 暴 | 暴虎 | bào |
| 冯 | 冯河 | píng |
| 好 | 好谋 | hào |
勘Errata for this chapter
Errata are kept in Chinese.
- 2026-11-12 读法原来：旁白“所以只有颜回能一起说到这一步”；改为：“与于此”是有份于此、能同有这种行藏，不是“一起说到”（依据：朱注引谢氏“惟颜子为可以与于此”；勘误者：一孔录自查）
- 2026-11-12 读法原来：白话“光脚蹚大河”；改为：照朱注“徒涉”，是不用船徒步蹚河，同集前文“徒步蹚大河”是对的（依据：朱注“冯河，徒涉”；勘误者：一孔录自查）
Yikonglu, Analects 述而第七 7.10 “用之则行，舍之则藏”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/shu-er/10.html, version 2026-11-15.Last checked: 2026-11-15. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
Found an error in this chapter? Email us; once checked, it goes on the errata page under your username: 
