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子路從而後，遇丈人，以杖荷蓧。子路問曰：子見夫子乎？丈人曰：四體不勤，五穀不分。孰為夫子？植其杖而芸。子路拱而立。止子路宿，殺雞為黍而食之，見其二子焉。明日，子路行以告。子曰：隱者也。使子路反見之。至則行矣。子路曰：不仕無義。長幼之節，不可廢也；君臣之義，如之何其廢之？欲潔其身，而亂大倫。君子之仕也，行其義也。道之不行，已知之矣。Zilu, following the Master, fell behind and met an old man carrying a basket on his staff. Zilu asked: Have you seen my master? The old man said: Your four limbs do no work, you cannot tell the five grains apart — who is your master? He planted his staff and began weeding. Zilu stood with his hands folded. The old man kept Zilu for the night, killed a chicken, cooked millet, fed him, and introduced his two sons. The next day Zilu went on and reported this. The Master said: He is a recluse. He sent Zilu back to see him, but when he arrived the man had gone. Zilu said: Not to serve is not right. The proper order between old and young cannot be discarded; how can the duty between ruler and minister be discarded? Wishing to keep himself pure, he throws the great relationships into disorder. A gentleman serves in order to do what is right. That the Way does not prevail, he already knows.
白Plain Chinese
子路掉队，遇见一位用杖挑着竹器的老人，问他见过老师没有，老人责他四肢不劳、五谷不辨，反问谁是老师，随即立杖除草，子路恭敬站着，老人留他住宿，杀鸡做黍饭招待，并让两个儿子出来相见，次日子路把事情告诉孔子，孔子说这是隐者，派他返回去见，老人却已经走了。子路说，不出仕便不能实行应有之义，长幼之礼尚且不能废，君臣之义又怎能废，想洁身却乱了大伦，君子出仕是为行义，道不能施行本来就已知道。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Three Character Classic 8: The passage on the six grains goes well with this line from the old man with the basket: one whose limbs do not toil cannot even tell the five grains apart.
- People
Zilu41 chaptersThe Old Man Carrying a BasketFirst son of the Old Man Carrying a BasketSecond son of the Old Man Carrying a Basket
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- Yikonglu reads it as “A”. See our note
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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 九
“子路從而後者，孔子先發，子路在後隨從而後至。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 四体不勤五谷不分所指不同：钱从丈人自言农忙无暇识夫子，不主初遇即斥客；朱作丈人责子路不农随师远游。结语均以仕行义。 | |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 蓧 | word sense | settled | 杨训除草工具，朱训竹器；四体不勤均为丈人责子路，子路论君臣大伦表孔门义，非丈人自己赞不仕。 |
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