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.
冉有曰：夫子為衛君乎？子貢曰：諾。吾將問之。入，曰：伯夷、叔齊何人也？曰：古之賢人也。曰：怨乎？曰：求仁而得仁，又何怨。出，曰：夫子不為也。Ran You said: Is our Master on the side of the ruler of Wei? Zigong said: Well, I will ask him. He went in and said: What sort of men were Boyi and Shuqi? The Master said: Worthy men of old. Did they feel resentment? They sought humaneness and attained it; what was there to resent? Zigong came out and said: The Master is not on his side.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子贡没直接问孔子帮不帮卫君，转而问伯夷叔齐。孔子说他们求仁得仁，没有怨。兄弟让国的人被称贤，父子争国的事孔子自然不帮。常有人问“子贡想知道孔子帮不帮卫君，为什么去问伯夷叔齐”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
冉有说：老师会站在卫君那边吗？子贡说：嗯，我去问问。他进屋问：伯夷、叔齐算什么样的人？孔子答：古代的贤人。子贡又问：他们心里有怨吗？孔子说：一心求仁，仁也求到了，又怨什么呢？子贡出来说：老师不会帮他。
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
子贡想知道孔子帮不帮卫君，为什么去问伯夷叔齐？
注Key words in the commentary
为，犹助也。卫君，出公辄也。灵公逐其世子蒯聩，公薨而国人立蒯聩之子辄。于是晋纳蒯聩而辄拒之。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 冉有曰：夫子为卫 | “为，犹助也。卫君，出公辄也。灵公逐其世子蒯聩，公薨而国人立蒯聩之子辄。于是晋纳蒯聩而辄拒之。时孔子居卫，卫人以蒯聩得罪于父，而辄嫡孙当立，故冉有疑而问之。诺，应辞也。” | page 96 |
| 入，曰：伯夷、叔 | “伯夷、叔齐，孤竹君之二子。其父将死，遗命立叔齐。父卒，叔齐逊伯夷。伯夷曰：‘父命也。’遂逃去。叔齐亦不立而逃之，国人立其中子。其后武王伐纣，夷、齐扣马而谏。武王灭商，夷、齐耻食周粟，去隐于首阳山，遂饿而死。怨，犹悔也。” | page 97 |
| 入，曰：伯夷、叔 | “君子居是邦，不非其大夫，况其君乎？故子贡不斥卫君，而以夷齐为问。夫子告之如此，则其不为卫君可知矣。” | page 97 |
| 入，曰：伯夷、叔 | “盖伯夷以父命为尊，叔齐以天伦为重，其逊国也，皆求所以合乎天理之正，而即乎人心之安。既而各得其志焉，则视弃其国犹敝蹝尔，何怨之有？若卫辄之据国拒父而唯恐失之，其不可同年而语明矣。” | page 97 |
| 入，曰：伯夷、叔 | “伯夷、叔齐逊国而逃，谏伐而饿，终无怨悔，夫子以为贤，故知其不与辄也。” | page 97 |
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
“云冉有曰夫子為衛君乎者，為猶助也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以卫辄拒父事为问端，以夷齐各尽父命天伦、求仁无怨反见孔子不助辄；不作对子贡直接谈卫君。 |
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