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：當仁不讓於師。The Master said: When it comes to humaneness, do not yield even to your teacher.
What this chapter says
一孔按：面对仁，连老师也不必谦让。仁是自己的事，人人当为，不存在让的道理。常有人问：“当仁不让于师”，什么事连老师也不用让？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，担当行仁之事，即使在老师面前也不必退让。
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
“当仁不让于师”，什么事连老师也不用让？
注Key words in the commentary
当仁，以仁为己任也。虽师亦无所逊，言当勇往而必为也。盖仁者，人所自有而自为之，非有争也，何逊之有？
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：当仁不让于 | “此夫子勉人为仁之语，下章放此。” | page 218 |
| 子曰：当仁不让于 | “当仁，以仁为己任也。虽师亦无所逊，言当勇往而必为也。盖仁者，人所自有而自为之，非有争也，何逊之有？” | page 218—219 |
| 子曰：当仁不让于 | “为仁在己，无所与逊。若善名在外，则不可不逊。” | page 218—219 |
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
“當行仁之事，不復讓於師，行仁急也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 当与师 | differs | fairly sure | 钱取当值、并疑师为众，意为众当行仁自己率先不让；朱取以仁自任、师为师长。皆非争名而是不推善。 |
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