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：君子謀道不謀食。耕也，餒在其中矣；學也，祿在其中矣。君子憂道不憂貧。The Master said: The gentleman plans for the Way, not for food. Farm, and hunger may still be there; learn, and a salary may come of it. The gentleman worries about the Way, not about poverty.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子谋道不谋食。耕田也可能挨饿，学道却禄在其中；君子忧的是道，不是贫。常有人问：“君子谋道不谋食”，难道君子不用吃饭吗？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，君子谋求的是道，不是口粮，耕作仍可能挨饿，学习也可能得到俸禄；君子忧虑道不能立，不把贫穷当作首要忧虑。
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
“君子谋道不谋食”，难道君子不用吃饭吗？
注Key words in the commentary
耕所以谋食，而未必得食。学所以谋道，而禄在其中。然其学也，忧不得乎道而已，非为忧贫之故，而欲为是以得禄也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 耕也，馁在其中矣 | “耕所以谋食，而未必得食。学所以谋道，而禄在其中。然其学也，忧不得乎道而已，非为忧贫之故，而欲为是以得禄也。” | page 217 |
| 君子忧道不忧贫。 | “君子治其本而不恤其末，岂以在外者为忧乐哉？” | page 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
“謀猶圖也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以耕未必免饥、学以求道或禄在其中，不能以谋禄为学的首因；忧道不忧贫不等于否认生活须经营。 |
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