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：辭達而已矣。The Master said: In words, it is enough that they get the meaning across.
What this chapter says
一孔按：言辞能把意思表达清楚就够了，不必求富丽工巧。常有人问：“辞达而已矣”，言辞要说到什么程度就够了？上面是一孔录的回答。朱注原话：辞取达意而止，不以富丽为工。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，言辞把意思表达清楚就够了。
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
“辞达而已矣”，言辞要说到什么程度就够了？
注Key words in the commentary
辞取达意而止，不以富丽为工。
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：辞达而已矣 | “辞取达意而止，不以富丽为工。” | 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
“言語之法，使辭達則足矣，不煩文艷之辭也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 辞 | differs | fairly sure | 钱主邦交辞命、传达国情使命，不取泛指著述文章；朱泛说达意即可不以富丽为工。 |
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