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：回也其庶乎，屢空。賜不受命，而貨殖焉，億則屢中。The Master said: Hui comes close, yet he is often in want. Ci does not accept his lot and goes into trade; his guesses often hit the mark.
What this chapter says
一孔按：颜回近于道，却常常穷到一无所有；子贡不受命而去经商，猜行情常常猜中。比的不是穷富，是一个安于贫，一个心思还在外面。常有人问“孔子拿颜回屡空和子贡货殖相比，是在比穷富吗”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，颜回大概已经接近道了，却常常穷得没有东西；端木赐不肯安于天命，却经营财货，猜测行情常常猜中。
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
孔子拿颜回屡空和子贡货殖相比，是在比穷富吗？
注Key words in the commentary
庶，近也，言近道也。屡空，数至空匮也。不以贫窭动心而求富，故屡至于空匮也。言其近道，又能安贫也。
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：回也其庶乎 | “庶，近也，言近道也。屡空，数至空匮也。不以贫窭动心而求富，故屡至于空匮也。言其近道，又能安贫也。” | page 148 |
| 赐不受命，而货殖 | “命，谓天命。货殖，货财生殖也。亿，意度也。言子贡不如颜子之安贫乐道，然其才识之明，亦能料事而多中也。” | page 148 |
| 赐不受命，而货殖 | “圣人之不贵言也如是。” | page 148 |
| 赐不受命，而货殖 | “子贡之货殖，非若后人之丰财，但此心未忘耳。然此亦子贡少时事，至闻性与天道，则不为此矣。” | page 148 |
| 赐不受命，而货殖 | “屡空者，箪食瓢饮屡绝，而不改其乐也。天下之物，岂有可动其中者哉？贫富在天，而子贡以货殖为心，则是不能安受天命矣。其言而多中者，亿而已，非穷理乐天者也。夫子尝曰：赐不幸言而中，是使赐多言也。圣人之不贵言也如是。” | page 148 |
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
“記者引孔子更舉顏子上列四子病重於先，自此以下解此義者凡有二通。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 不受命 | differs | fairly sure | 钱取子贡未受公家商贾之命而以私财货殖；朱取不受天命安贫。屡空为穷乏、亿为猜度货价均相同。 |
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