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.
子張問行。子曰：言忠信，行篤敬，雖蠻貊之邦行矣；言不忠信，行不篤敬，雖州里行乎哉？立，則見其參於前也；在輿，則見其倚于衡也。夫然後行。子張書諸紳。Zizhang asked how to get along. The Master said: Let your words be loyal and true and your conduct sincere and reverent, and you will get along even among the barbarian states. If your words are not loyal and true and your conduct not sincere and reverent, will you get along even in your own neighborhood? Standing, see these before you; in your carriage, see them leaning on the crossbar. Then you will get along. Zizhang wrote this on his sash.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子张问怎样行得通，孔子说言忠信、行笃敬，到蛮貊之地也行得通；否则在本乡也行不通。要站着时看见它在眼前，坐车时看见它倚在横木上。子张把这话写在大带上。常有人问“子张问怎样行得通，孔子为什么说言不忠信在家乡也行不通”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
子张问怎样让所行通达，孔子说，说话忠信、行为笃敬，即使到蛮貊之国也行，反过来即使乡里也行不通；站立时像看见忠信笃敬在面前，坐车时像看见它倚着车前横木，这样才行。子张把这些话写在腰间的大带上。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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常The common reading
子张问怎样行得通，孔子为什么说言不忠信在家乡也行不通？
注Key words in the commentary
犹问达之意也。子张意在得行于外，故夫子反于身而言之，犹答干禄、问达之意也。笃，厚也。蛮，南蛮。貊，北狄。二千五百家为州。
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：言忠信，行 | “犹问达之意也。子张意在得行于外，故夫子反于身而言之，犹答干禄、问达之意也。笃，厚也。蛮，南蛮。貊，北狄。二千五百家为州。” | page 209 |
| 子曰：言忠信，行 | “其者，指忠信笃敬而言。参，读如‘毋往参焉’之参，言与我相参也。衡，轭也。言其于忠信笃敬，念念不忘，随其所在，常若有见，虽欲顷刻离之而不可得。然后一言一行，自然不离于忠信笃敬，而蛮貊可行也。” | page 209 |
| 子张书诸绅。 | “绅，大带之垂者。书之，欲其不忘也。” | page 209—210 |
| 子张书诸绅。 | “学要鞭辟近里，著己而已。博学而笃志，切问而近思；言忠信，行笃敬；立则见其参于前，在舆则见其倚于衡；只此是学。质美者明得尽，查滓便浑化，却与天地同体。其次惟庄敬以持养之，及其至则一也。” | page 209—210 |
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
“云子張問行者，問人立身居世修善若為事而其道事可得行於世乎。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以问行为所行能通，须言忠信行笃敬而求在己，不靠地域人情；立前舆衡是时时不忘，非真见物象。 |
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