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.
子路使子羔為費宰。子曰：賊夫人之子。子路曰：有民人焉，有社稷焉。何必讀書，然後為學？子曰：是故惡夫佞者。Zilu had Zigao made steward of Bi. The Master said: You are harming another man's son. Zilu said: There are people there, and altars to the land and grain. Why must one read books before one counts as learned? The Master said: This is why I dislike glib talkers.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子路让年轻的子羔去做费宰，说有人民社稷，何必读书才算学。孔子说所以我讨厌巧辩的人。理由说得通，可拿人民去给人练手，是借口。常有人问“子路派子羔去做费宰，说何必读书才算学，孔子为什么讨厌这话”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
子路让子羔做费邑的长官，孔子说，这是害了人家的孩子；子路说，那里有百姓、有社稷，何必读过书才算学习，孔子说，所以我厌恶这种强辩的人。
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
子路派子羔去做费宰，说何必读书才算学，孔子为什么讨厌这话？
注Key words in the commentary
子路为季氏宰而举之也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子路使子羔为费宰 | “子路为季氏宰而举之也。” | page 151 |
| 子路使子羔为费宰 | “贼，害也。言子羔质美而未学，遽使治民，适以害之。” | page 151 |
| 子路曰：有民人焉 | “言治民事神，皆所以为学。” | page 151 |
| 何必读书，然后为 | “治民事神，固学者事，然必学之已成，然后可仕以行其学。若初未尝学，而使之即仕以为学，其不至于慢神而虐民者几希矣。子路之言，非其本意，但理屈词穷，而取辨于口以御人耳。故夫子不斥其非，而特恶其佞也。” | page 151 |
| 何必读书，然后为 | “古者学而后入政，未闻以政学者也。盖道之本，在于修身，而后及于治人，其说具于方册。读而知之，然后能行，何可以不读书也？子路乃欲使子羔以政为学，失先后本末之序矣。不知其过，而以口给御人，故夫子恶其佞也。” | page 151 |
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
“云子路使子羔為費宰者，費，季氏采邑也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以贼为害，子羔未学成熟便使从政是害其成长；民社固可学习，却不能借此全废读书，孔子恶其口辩饰过。 |
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