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：事君，敬其事而後其食。The Master said: In serving a ruler, be reverent in your duties and put your salary last.
What this chapter says
一孔按：事君要先敬慎尽职，然后才想俸禄。后，与“先事后得”的后同。常有人问：“事君，敬其事而后其食”，事君是先做事还是先拿俸禄？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，事奉国君，应先敬慎尽职，后考虑俸禄。
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
“事君，敬其事而后其食”，事君是先做事还是先拿俸禄？
注Key words in the commentary
后，与‘后获’之后同。食，禄也。君子之仕也，有官守者修其职，有言责者尽其忠，皆以敬吾之事而已，不可先有求禄之心也。
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：事君，敬其 | “后，与‘后获’之后同。食，禄也。君子之仕也，有官守者修其职，有言责者尽其忠，皆以敬吾之事而已，不可先有求禄之心也。” | page 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
“先盡力，然後食其食也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以食为禄，先敬尽职责后虑俸禄，不能把求禄置于事君本心之前。 |
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