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：天生德於予，桓魋其如予何？The Master said: Heaven gave birth to the virtue in me; what can Huan Tui do to me?
What this chapter says
一孔按：桓魋要害孔子，孔子说天给了我这样的德，桓魋能拿我怎么样。不是逞强，是知道自己该做的事在哪里，别人的恶意动不了它。常有人问：桓魋要害孔子，孔子说“天生德于予”，是硬气还是别的？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：天把德性赋予了我，桓魋又能把我怎样？
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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
桓魋要害孔子，孔子说“天生德于予”，是硬气还是别的？
注Key words in the commentary
桓魋，宋司马向魋也。出于桓公，故又称桓氏。魋欲害孔子。孔子言天既赋我以如是之德，则桓魋其奈我何？言必不能违天害己。
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：天生德于予 | “桓魋，宋司马向魋也。出于桓公，故又称桓氏。魋欲害孔子。孔子言天既赋我以如是之德，则桓魋其奈我何？言必不能违天害己。” | page 100 |
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
“云天生德於予者，謂授我以聖性也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 如予何 | differs | fairly sure | 钱谓可杀身不能夺天赋之德；朱谓天赋其德、桓魋不能违天害己。须分精神不可夺与身不可害两层。 |
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