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子曰：道不同，不相為謀。The Master said: Those whose ways differ do not make plans together.
What this chapter says
一孔按：“道不同”是根本的路不同，善恶正邪那种。做法不同、意见不同，照样可以一起商量，别拿这句为小分歧散伙。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，所行之道不同，便不能相互谋划共事。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Disputed reading
- Yikonglu reads it as “Distinction between good and evil, upright and crooked”. See our note
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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
“道不同，不相为谋”，是说道不同就不来往吗？
见Cross-references
- 子曰：道不同，不 Commentary：不同，如善恶邪正之异。（朱熹《论语集注》卷八·卫灵公第39章（底本第 219 页））
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
“必須先謀，若道同者共謀為事，若道不同而與共謀，則事不成也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同取道不同为善恶邪正之异，非同道者意见方法稍异便不相谋；钱明举禹稷颜子同道以辨行迹有别。 |
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