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：孝哉閔子騫！人不間於其父母昆弟之言。The Master said: How filial Min Ziqian is! No one can find fault with what his parents and brothers say of him.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孝啊闵子骞，别人对他父母兄弟夸他的话，没有异议。孝积在心里显在外面，连旁人都挑不出话，才是真孝。常有人问：孔子夸闵子骞孝，为什么要说“人不间于其父母昆弟之言”？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
孔子说，闵子骞真孝顺啊，人们对他父母兄弟称赞他的话，没有异议。
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
孔子夸闵子骞孝，为什么要说“人不间于其父母昆弟之言”？
注Key words in the commentary
父母兄弟称其孝友，人皆信之无异词者，盖其孝友之实，有以积于中而著于外，故夫子叹而美之。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 人不间于其父母昆 | “父母兄弟称其孝友，人皆信之无异词者，盖其孝友之实，有以积于中而著于外，故夫子叹而美之。” | page 142 |
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
“間，猶非也。昆，兄也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以间为非议、家人称孝而众人无异辞见闵子实德，非仅自己人袒护。钱不据称字便定本篇闵门所记。 |
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