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：人能弘道，非道弘人。The Master said: It is people who can broaden the Way, not the Way that broadens people.
What this chapter says
一孔按：人能弘大道，不是道来弘大人。人心有觉，道体无为，所以人能把道推大，道不能使人自大。常有人问：“人能弘道，非道弘人”是什么意思？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，人能够使道光大，并不是道能自己使人光大。
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
“人能弘道，非道弘人”是什么意思？
注Key words in the commentary
弘，廓而大之也。人外无道，道外无人。然人心有觉，而道体无为，故人能大其道，道不能大其人也。
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：人能弘道， | “弘，廓而大之也。人外无道，道外无人。然人心有觉，而道体无为，故人能大其道，道不能大其人也。” | page 216—217 |
| 子曰：人能弘道， | “心能尽性，人能弘道也。性不知检其心，非道弘人也。” | page 216—217 |
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
“道者，通物之妙也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训弘为扩大，道须人自觉实行而光大，非道名自动成就个人；钱着重人类历世积学成文物，朱强调人心有觉道体无为。 |
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