一孔录或谓孔子曰：子奚不为政？子曰：书云：孝乎！惟孝友于兄弟，施於有政。是亦为政，奚其为为政？Tap any sentence of the original to copy it with its source.
注Key words in the commentary
“定公初年，孔子不仕”；“书，周书君陈篇”；“善兄弟曰友”；“推广此心，以为一家之政”。
家What other commentators say
引文断句历来不同；朱熹“盖孔子之不仕，有难以语或人者，故托此以告之”，又“要之至理亦不外是”。
读How Yikonglu reads it
话是托辞，道理也真。
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 · Zhibuzu Zhai edition · juan 一
“云或謂云云者，或者或有一人不記其姓名也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | 钱将施于有政以下视为孔子话，书引文止于友于兄弟；朱书引文包含施于有政。 | |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 书云 | word sense | 杨列尚书逸文，认为伪古文君陈据此采入；朱直接题为周书君陈。 |
核Check every citation
Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “定公初年，孔子不仕，故或人疑其不为政也” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 33 |
| “书，周书君陈篇。书云孝乎者，言书之言孝如此也。善兄弟曰友” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 33 |
| “书言君陈能孝于亲，友于兄弟，又能推广此心，以为一家之政。孔子引之，言如此则是亦为政矣，何必居位乃为为政乎” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 33 |
| “盖孔子之不仕，有难以语或人者，故托此以告之，要之至理亦不外是” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 33 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 奚 | 子奚不为政、奚其为为政 | xī |
页Pages of the base edition
Yikonglu, Analects Wei zheng (Book 2) 2.21 “子奚不为政”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/wei-zheng/21.html, version 2026-11-04.Last checked: 2026-11-04. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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