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.
魯人為長府。閔子騫曰：仍舊貫，如之何？何必改作？子曰：夫人不言，言必有中。The people of Lu were rebuilding the Long Treasury. Min Ziqian said: Why not keep it as it was? Why must it be rebuilt? The Master said: That man seldom speaks, but when he speaks, he hits the mark.
What this chapter says
一孔按：鲁人要改建长府，闵子骞说照旧就好，何必改作。孔子说这人不常开口，一开口就说中。照旧好在不劳民伤财。常有人问：鲁人要改建长府，闵子骞说“仍旧贯”，一句照旧好在哪里？上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
鲁国要改建长府，闵子骞说，沿用原来的规制怎样，何必一定改建；孔子说，这个人平时不轻易说话，一说就说得中肯。
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
鲁人要改建长府，闵子骞说“仍旧贯”，一句照旧好在哪里？
注Key words in the commentary
长府，藏名。藏货财曰府。为，盖改作之。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 鲁人为长府。 | “长府，藏名。藏货财曰府。为，盖改作之。” | page 145 |
| 闵子骞曰：仍旧贯 | “仍，因也。贯，事也。” | page 145 |
| 闵子骞曰：仍旧贯 | “惟有德者能之。” | page 146 |
| 何必改作？ | “言不妄发，发必当理，惟有德者能之。” | page 146 |
| 子曰：夫人不言， | “改作，劳民伤财。在于得已，则不如仍旧贯之善。” | page 145 |
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 六
“云魯人為長府者，長府，藏名也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以长府为藏财府、为改作，仍旧贯为因旧事制，可修而不必劳民改建；夫人指闵子，赞其不多言而言中。 |
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