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.
子所雅言：詩、書、執禮，皆雅言也。What the Master spoke in the standard pronunciation: the Odes, the Documents, and the conduct of ritual — all in the standard speech.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子平日常讲的是诗、书和守礼。诗理性情，书道政事，礼谨节文，三样都切于日用，所以常说；性与天道之类，反倒少讲。常有人问：“子所雅言：诗、书、执礼”，孔子常讲的为什么是这三样？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
孔子平日常讲的，是《诗》、《书》和执守礼法，这些都是他平素常说的话。
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
“子所雅言：诗、书、执礼”，孔子常讲的为什么是这三样？
注Key words in the commentary
雅，常也。执，守也。诗以理情性，书以道政事，礼以谨节文，皆切于日用之实，故常言之。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子所雅言：诗、书 | “雅，常也。执，守也。诗以理情性，书以道政事，礼以谨节文，皆切于日用之实，故常言之。礼独言执者，以人所执守而言，非徒诵说而已也。” | page 98 |
| 子所雅言：诗、书 | “孔子雅素之言，止于如此。若性与天道，则有不可得而闻者，要在默而识之也。” | page 98 |
| 子所雅言：诗、书 | “此因学易之语而类记之。” | page 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
“云子所雅言者，子，孔子也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 雅 | differs | fairly sure | 钱取西周标准语，诵诗书执礼用雅音；朱取常、谓日常常言诗书与守礼，不以语言方音为解。 |
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