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：群居終日，言不及義，好行小慧，難矣哉！The Master said: Those who gather all day long, whose talk never touches on what is right, and who love to show off petty cleverness — they are hard to deal with!
What this chapter says
一孔按：一群人整天在一起，说话不涉及义，喜欢卖弄小聪明，难啊。言不及义则放辟邪侈之心滋，好行小慧则行险侥幸之机熟。常有人问：“群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧”，这样的人为什么难成事？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，聚在一起整天说话不谈义，却好耍小聪明，这样就难了。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
“群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧”，这样的人为什么难成事？
注Key words in the commentary
小慧，私智也。言不及义，则放辟邪侈之心滋；好行小慧，则行险侥幸之机熟。难矣哉者，言其无以入德，而将有患害也。
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：群居终日， | “小慧，私智也。言不及义，则放辟邪侈之心滋；好行小慧，则行险侥幸之机熟。难矣哉者，言其无以入德，而将有患害也。” | page 213—214 |
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
“云子曰云云者，三人以上為群居，群居共聚有所談說。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以群居不谈义却逞私智小慧阻碍入德、易生患；钱不定专为学校制度而发，视为历代群处通戒。 |
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