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：師摯之始，關雎之亂，洋洋乎！盈耳哉。The Master said: From Music Master Zhi's opening to the finale of the Guanju — how full and flowing it fills the ears!
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子从卫国回鲁正乐，正赶上师挚初任乐师，从开头到《关雎》的卒章，满耳都是盛美的乐声。孔子听到的是礼乐重新归正。常有人问：“师挚之始，关雎之乱，洋洋乎盈耳哉”，孔子听到了什么？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
孔子说：从乐师挚开头演奏，到《关雎》终曲合奏，满耳都是盛大美好的乐声啊！
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
“师挚之始，关雎之乱，洋洋乎盈耳哉”，孔子听到了什么？
注Key words in the commentary
师挚，鲁乐师名挚也。乱，乐之卒章也。史记曰：关雎之乱以为风始。洋洋，美盛意。
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：师挚之始， | “师挚，鲁乐师名挚也。乱，乐之卒章也。史记曰：关雎之乱以为风始。洋洋，美盛意。孔子自卫反鲁而正乐，适师挚在官之初，故乐之美盛如此。” | page 113 |
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
“師，魯太師也；摯，太師名也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | differs | settled | 师挚之始杨指乐曲开端升歌，朱指师挚初在官；关雎之乱均指终章合乐，非音乐混乱。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 始 | differs | fairly sure | 钱以师挚乐之起始、关雎乐终配古乐进程；朱以孔子反鲁正乐时师挚在官之初作始。 |
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