一孔录子曰：自行束脩以上，吾未嘗無誨焉。What this chapter says
一孔按：束脩是最薄的见面礼，重点不在学费，在“来学”：肯带着礼主动来，孔子没有不教的；不来，没有上门去教的礼。今例：社区免费夜校门一直开着，带个本子来就够。常有人问“一捆干肉，孔子就教”，上面是一孔录的回答。
白Plain Chinese
孔子说：凡是带着一束干肉作见面礼来求学的，我从没有不教的。
A plain modern-Chinese rendering following Yikonglu's reading.
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- Disputed reading
- Yikonglu reads it as “A”. See our note
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
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常The common reading
一捆干肉，孔子就教？
注Key words in the commentary
“脩，脯也。十脡为束。古者相见，必执贽以为礼。束脩其至薄者。”
说What other commentators say
朱注“盖人之有生，同具此理，故圣人之于人，无不欲其入于善。但不知来学，则无往教之礼，故苟以礼来，则无不有以教之也”。
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
“此明孔子教化有感必應者也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 束脩为十条干肉的薄贽，来学者不拒；非读年龄十五或把学费财富设为受教资格。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同主取束脩为十脡干脯的薄贽，来以礼则无不教；钱并列十五束带与束身修行说而不从。 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| “脩，脯也……则无不有以教之也” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 93 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 脩 | 束脩、脩，脯也 | xiū |
| 上 | 以上 | shàng |
| 诲 | 无诲 | huì |
页Pages of the base edition
Yikonglu, Analects 述而第七 7.7 “自行束脩以上”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/shu-er/7.html, version 2026-11-15.Last checked: 2026-11-15. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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