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：由之瑟奚為於丘之門？門人不敬子路。子曰：由也升堂矣，未入於室也。The Master said: What is You's zither doing at my gate? The disciples stopped respecting Zilu. The Master said: You has ascended to the hall, though he has not yet entered the inner room.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子说子路弹瑟不合自己门下的风格，门人就不敬子路。孔子补一句：子路已升堂，只是还没入室。说重了要往回圆，护的是学生在众人眼里的分寸。常有人问“孔子说子路弹瑟不合门风，门人就不敬子路，孔子怎么往回圆”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，仲由弹的这种瑟声，怎么会出现在我的门下；弟子们因此不尊敬子路，孔子又说，仲由已经登上厅堂，只是还没有进入内室。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
孔子说子路弹瑟不合门风，门人就不敬子路，孔子怎么往回圆？
注Key words in the commentary
家语云：子路鼓瑟，有北鄙杀伐之声。盖其气质刚勇，而不足于中和，故其发于声者如此。
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：由之瑟奚为 | “家语云：子路鼓瑟，有北鄙杀伐之声。盖其气质刚勇，而不足于中和，故其发于声者如此。” | page 146 |
| 子曰：由也升堂矣 | “言其声之不和，与己不同也。” | page 146 |
| 子曰：由也升堂矣 | “门人以夫子之言，遂不敬子路，故夫子释之。升堂入室，喻入道之次第。言子路之学，已造乎正大高明之域，特未深入精微之奥耳。未可以一事之失而遽忽之也。” | page 146 |
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
“云子曰云云者，子路性剛，其鼓琴瑟亦有壯氣。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以子路鼓瑟刚勇杀伐之声欠中和，升堂未入室是学道已进未深，孔子补言以正门人轻慢，不作完全否定。 |
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