一孔录What this chapter says
一孔按：四步有先后轻重：先立志，再守得住，再不离仁，余力在六艺里游，游也不是闲玩，是让心有处安放。今例：白天上班，晚上练一个钟头字，字不当饭吃，人不会散。常有人问“四个动词，是一条路吗”，上面是一孔录的回答。
白Plain Chinese
孔子说：心志放在道上，立足于德，依凭着仁，在六艺之中涵泳游息。
A plain modern-Chinese rendering following Yikonglu's reading.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Three Character Classic 39: “Play brings no benefit” does not mean no play at all. Confucius too says “take your ease in the arts.”
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
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
四个动词，是一条路吗？
注Key words in the commentary
“志者，心之所之之谓”；“据者，执守之意”；“依者，不违之谓”；“游者，玩物适情之谓。艺，则礼乐之文，射御书数之法”。
说What other commentators say
朱注总说“学莫先于立志，志道则心存于正而不他；据德则道得于心而不失；依仁则德性常用而物欲不行；游艺则小物不遗而动息有养”。
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
“此章明人生處世須道藝自輔也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 志据依的心向、坚守、不违字训相同，艺均取六艺；钱以行道在外修德在己说明次第，朱以日用当行之道、心德之全铺陈。 | |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 艺 | word sense | fairly sure | 杨以学记游息助乐学，朱实列礼乐射御书数；道德仁艺次序相同，朱更强调天理与心德工夫。 |
核Check every citation
Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “志者，心之所之之谓……而心亦无所放矣” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 92 page 93 |
| “此章言人之为学当如是也……忽不自知其入于圣贤之域矣” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 93 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 据 | 据于德、据者 | jù |
Yikonglu, Analects 述而第七 7.6 “志于道，据于德，依于仁，游于艺”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/shu-er/6.html, version 2026-11-15.Last checked: 2026-11-15. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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