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：躬自厚而薄責於人，則遠怨矣。The Master said: Demand much of yourself and little of others, and you will keep resentment far away.
What this chapter says
一孔按：对自己责备得重，对别人责备得轻，就远离怨恨了。责己厚则身益修，责人薄则人易从。常有人问：“躬自厚而薄责于人”，怎样才能少招人怨？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，严格责求自己，少责求别人，就能远离别人的怨恨。
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 78: "Taking on the state's misfortunes" (受国不祥): blame yourself much and others little.
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
“躬自厚而薄责于人”，怎样才能少招人怨？
注Key words in the commentary
责己厚，故身益修；责人薄，故人易从。所以人不得而怨之。
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：躬自厚而薄 | “责己厚，故身益修；责人薄，故人易从。所以人不得而怨之。” | page 213 |
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 八
“躬，身也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 怨 | differs | fairly sure | 钱主责己厚责人薄使自己少怨尤，兼存别人不怨己之解；朱主人易从而不得怨我。 |
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