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.
子曰：飯疏食飲水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。不義而富且貴，於我如浮雲。The Master said: Eating coarse food and drinking water, bending my arm for a pillow — there is joy in this too. Wealth and rank gained unjustly are to me like floating clouds.
What this chapter says
一孔按：吃粗饭、喝凉水、枕着胳膊，乐也在其中。乐不在穷，在心里不缺什么；不义的富贵对他就像浮云，看着与己无关。常有人问：“饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之”，苦日子有什么可乐的？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：吃粗饭，喝清水，弯起胳膊当枕头，快乐也就在这里面了。用不义的手段得来的富贵，对我来说就像天上的浮云。
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
“饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之”，苦日子有什么可乐的？
注Key words in the commentary
饭，食之也。疏食，麤饭也。圣人之心，浑然天理，虽处困极，而乐亦无不在焉。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：饭疏食饮水 | “饭，食之也。疏食，麤饭也。圣人之心，浑然天理，虽处困极，而乐亦无不在焉。其视不义之富贵，如浮云之无有，漠然无所动于其中也。” | page 97 |
| 不义而富且贵，于 | “非乐疏食饮水也，虽疏食饮水，不能改其乐也。不义之富贵，视之轻如浮云然。” | page 97—98 |
| 不义而富且贵，于 | “须知所乐者何事。” | page 97—98 |
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
“此明孔子食無求飽也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以疏食为粗饭、不义富贵如浮云，快乐不由贫富而变；不是以贫困本身为乐，钱与朱引程子同旨。 |
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