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：志士仁人，無求生以害仁，有殺身以成仁。The Master said: A resolute scholar and a humane man will not seek to live at the expense of humaneness; they will give their lives to achieve humaneness.
What this chapter says
一孔按：志士仁人，不求活命而害仁，宁可杀身以成仁。理当死而求生，心不安，是害了心之德；当死而死，心安德全。常有人问：“有杀身以成仁”，命和仁摆在一起哪个重？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，有志之士、有仁之人，不会为了活命而损害仁，必要时会牺牲生命来成全仁。
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
“有杀身以成仁”，命和仁摆在一起哪个重？
注Key words in the commentary
志士，有志之士。仁人，则成德之人也。理当死而求生，则于其心有不安矣，是害其心之德也。当死而死，则心安而德全矣。
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：志士仁人， | “志士，有志之士。仁人，则成德之人也。理当死而求生，则于其心有不安矣，是害其心之德也。当死而死，则心安而德全矣。” | page 210 |
| 子曰：志士仁人， | “实理得之于心自别。实理者，实见得是，实见得非也。古人有捐躯陨命者，若不实见得，恶能如此？须是实见得生不重于义，生不安于死也。故有杀身以成仁者，只是成就一个是而已。” | page 210—211 |
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
“云志士仁人者，謂心有善志之士及能行仁之人也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以不为求生害仁、必要时杀身成仁为道义高于苟活；钱强调先知如何生才能知如何死，朱以当死而死心安德全说明。 |
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