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泰伯第八 · chapter 10 · not yet coveredOne who loves daring and hates poverty will make trouble

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子曰:好勇疾貧,亂也。人而不仁,疾之已甚,亂也。
Text: Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries on the Analects (Sibu Beiyao edition), page 112 of the base edition.

The Master said: One who loves daring and hates poverty will make trouble. A man who is not humane, if hated too much, will make trouble.

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What this chapter says

一孔按:好勇又嫌穷,会作乱;恨不仁的人恨得太过,逼得人无处容身,也会作乱。两种心一善一恶,生出的乱是一样的。常有人问:“人而不仁,疾之已甚,乱也”,恨坏人怎么也会出乱子?上面是一孔录的回答。

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白Plain Chinese

孔子说:好逞勇力又厌恶贫困,就会生乱。对于不仁的人,憎恶得太过分,也会逼出乱子。

Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.

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常The common reading

“人而不仁,疾之已甚,乱也”,恨坏人怎么也会出乱子?

注Key words in the commentary

好勇而不安分,则必作乱。恶不仁之人而使之无所容,则必致乱。二者之心,善恶虽殊,然其生乱则一也。

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

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子曰:好勇疾贫,“好勇而不安分,则必作乱。恶不仁之人而使之无所容,则必致乱。二者之心,善恶虽殊,然其生乱则一也。”page 112

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

“云好勇疾貧亂也者,好勇之人,若不能樂道自居貧賤,則此人必為亂也。”……

woodblock scan vol. 2 p. 71About this edition

杨伯峻《论语译注》Zhonghua Book Co. · modern, short quote

“以勇敢自喜却厌恶贫困,是一种祸害。”

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钱穆《论语新解》modern, short quote

“若其民好勇,又恶贫,就易于兴乱。”

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Compared with Zhu Xi

CommentaryPointRelationConfidenceNote
杨伯峻《论语译注》samefairly sure好勇恶贫与逼不仁者太甚皆致乱;杨译祸害较宽,朱明确为自身作乱或使人无所容而致乱。
钱穆《论语新解》samefairly sure同以好勇疾贫和疾不仁太甚皆可致乱,虽后者出善恶之辨亦不可迫人无容;钱进一步从治道善体人情、导之渐说明。

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