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.
子貢問曰：有一言而可以終身行之者乎？子曰：其恕乎！己所不欲，勿施於人。Zigong asked: Is there one word that one can practice all one's life? The Master said: Is it not reciprocity? What you do not want for yourself, do not do to others.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子贡问有没有一句话可以终身奉行，孔子说大概是恕吧：自己不想要的，不要加给别人。推己及物，其施无穷，所以能行一辈子。常有人问：子贡问一句可终身奉行的话，孔子为什么答“其恕乎”？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
子贡问，有一个字可以终身实行吗，孔子说，大概是恕吧，自己不愿承受的，不施加给别人。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 12.2 仲弓問仁。子曰：出門如見大賓……
- People
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
子贡问一句可终身奉行的话，孔子为什么答“其恕乎”？
注Key words in the commentary
推己及物，其施不穷，故可以终身行之。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子贡问曰：有一言 | “推己及物，其施不穷，故可以终身行之。” | page 215 |
| 己所不欲，勿施于 | “学贵于知要。子贡之问，可谓知要矣。孔子告以求仁之方也。推而极之，虽圣人之无我，不出乎此。终身行之，不亦宜乎？” | page 215 |
见Cross-references
- 己所不欲，勿施于 Elsewhere in the Analects：己所不欲，勿施于人。（《论语》集注分章12.2（底本第 158 页））
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
“云子貢問云云者，問求善事，欲以終身奉行之一言也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以恕推己及人、己不欲不施人为可终身实行的求仁之方；钱强调问一言须当下可行，不等于瞬间已达成德。 |
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