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：由！知德者鮮矣。The Master said: You, those who understand virtue are few.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子对子路说，懂得德的人少啊。德是义理得于己，不是自己真有的，尝不出它的滋味。常有人问：孔子对子路说“知德者鲜矣”，懂德的人为什么这么少？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，仲由，真正懂得德的人很少啊。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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
孔子对子路说“知德者鲜矣”，懂德的人为什么这么少？
注Key words in the commentary
由，呼子路之名而告之也。德，谓义理之得于己者。非己有之，不能知其意味之实也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 知德者鲜矣。 | “由，呼子路之名而告之也。德，谓义理之得于己者。非己有之，不能知其意味之实也。” | page 208 |
| 知德者鲜矣。 | “自第一章至此，疑皆一时之言。此章盖为愠见发也。” | page 208 |
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
“由，子路也，呼子路而告之。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以德为义理得于己、不实有便难知味。钱不将此章强并陈绝粮子路愠见同一时事；朱疑前三章皆一时之言。 |
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