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：巍巍乎！舜禹之有天下也，而不與焉。The Master said: How lofty! Shun and Yu possessed the realm, yet did not make it their concern.
What this chapter says
一孔按：舜禹得了天下，却不把位子当乐事。巍巍是说他们的胸怀高过了权位。常有人问：“巍巍乎，舜禹之有天下也而不与焉”，为什么这样就叫崇高？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：多么崇高啊！舜和禹拥有天下，却不把权位放在心上。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 2: “Achieving without dwelling on it” (功成而弗居): Shun and Yu possessed the world but did not treat it as their own.
- Cited by commentatorsDaodejing 13: “Valuing one's own person as one values the world” (贵以身为天下): commentators adapt Confucius's praise of Shun and Yu, who “possessed the world yet did not take it as their own.”
- Cited by commentatorsDaodejing 29: Jiao Hong records Lü Huiqing citing “How lofty were Shun and Yu, possessing the world yet not taking it as their own!” to explain “The world is a sacred vessel; it cannot be acted upon.”
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 51: "Produces but does not possess, acts but does not presume" (生而不有，为而不恃): possessing the world without treating it as one's own.
- People
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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
“巍巍乎，舜禹之有天下也而不与焉”，为什么这样就叫崇高？
注Key words in the commentary
巍巍，高大之貌。不与，犹言不相关，言其不以位为乐也。
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
| Line | Quoted text | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：巍巍乎！ | “巍巍，高大之貌。不与，犹言不相关，言其不以位为乐也。” | page 114 |
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
“此美舜禹也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 不与为不以天下位来自私享乐；杨注释与含私有享受，朱释不以位为乐，非不参与治天下。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同不以有天下为私乐，不是说舜禹不任国事。钱辨三说而以泰然不预心为旨，朱训不与为不相关、不以位为乐。 |
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