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.
子在齊聞韶，三月不知肉味。曰：不圖為樂之至於斯也！In Qi the Master heard the Shao music, and for three months did not know the taste of meat. He said: I never imagined music could reach such heights!
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子在齐国听到韶乐，学了三个月，吃肉都不知道味道。心全在一件事上，旁的都进不来；他叹的是舜的乐竟美到这一步。常有人问“孔子在齐国听了韶乐，三个月不知肉味，至于吗”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子在齐国时听了《韶》乐，跟着学了三个月，连肉味都忘了。他说：想不到音乐能美到这个地步！
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
孔子在齐国听了韶乐，三个月不知肉味，至于吗？
注Key words in the commentary
《史记》‘三月’上有‘学之’二字。不知肉味，盖心一于是而不及乎他也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子在齐闻韶，三月 | “《史记》‘三月’上有‘学之’二字。不知肉味，盖心一于是而不及乎他也。曰：不意舜之作乐至于如此之美，则有以极其情文之备，而不觉其叹息之深也，盖非圣人不足以及此。” | page 96 |
| 曰：不图为乐之至 | “韶尽美又尽善，乐之无以加此也。故学之三月，不知肉味，而叹美之如此，诚之至，感之深也。” | page 96 |
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
“云子在齊聞韶樂者，齊，國名也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 不图 | nuance | fairly sure | 钱着重韶乐感移人心至不知肉味；朱着重舜作乐之美极其情文。两家均录史记学之三月。 |
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