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.
顏淵死，顏路請子之車以為之槨。子曰：才不才，亦各言其子也。鯉也死，有棺而無槨。吾不徒行以為之槨。以吾從大夫之後，不可徒行也。When Yan Yuan died, Yan Lu asked for the Master's carriage to make an outer coffin for him. The Master said: Talented or not, each speaks of his own son. When Li died, he had an inner coffin but no outer coffin. I did not go on foot to make an outer coffin for him. Since I follow behind the ministers, I cannot go on foot.
What this chapter says
一孔按：颜回死，父亲颜路请卖孔子的车给他做椁。孔子说我儿子死时也有棺无椁，我随大夫之后，不能步行。爱学生是真的，礼与身份不能拿来换。常有人问“颜渊死，父亲请卖孔子的车做椁，孔子为什么不肯”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
颜渊死后，颜路请求卖掉孔子的车，为颜渊置办外椁；孔子说，不论儿子有没有才能，父亲总各自疼爱自己的儿子，我的儿子鲤死时，也只有棺而没有椁。我没有为给他置椁而卖车步行，因为我曾列于大夫之后，不能没有车而步行。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
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- Analects 14.22 陳成子弒簡公。孔子沐浴而朝，……
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
颜渊死，父亲请卖孔子的车做椁，孔子为什么不肯？
注Key words in the commentary
颜路，渊之父，名无繇。少孔子六岁，孔子始教而受学焉。椁，外棺也。请为椁，欲卖车以买椁也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 颜渊死，颜路请子 | “颜路，渊之父，名无繇。少孔子六岁，孔子始教而受学焉。椁，外棺也。请为椁，欲卖车以买椁也。” | page 143 |
| 以吾从大夫之后， | “鲤，孔子之子伯鱼也，先孔子卒。言鲤之才虽不及颜渊，然己与颜路以父视之，则皆子也。孔子时已致仕，尚从大夫之列，言后，谦辞。” | page 143 |
| 以吾从大夫之后， | “孔子遇旧馆人之丧，尝脱骖以赙之矣。今乃不许颜路之请，何耶？葬可以无椁，骖可以脱而复求，大夫不可以徒行，命车不可以与人而鬻诸市也。” | page 143—144 |
| 以吾从大夫之后， | “且为所识穷乏者得我，而勉强以副其意，岂诚心与直道哉？或者以为君子行礼，视吾之有无而已。夫君子之用财，视义之可否，岂独视有无而已哉？” | page 143—144 |
见Cross-references
- 以吾从大夫之后， Elsewhere in the Analects：孔子曰：以吾从大夫之后，不敢不告也。（《论语》集注分章14.22（底本第 196 页））
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
“顏淵家貧，死無槨，故其父顏路請孔子車，欲賣以營槨也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以椁为外棺、请车是卖车置椁，孔子不以颜才胜鲤而逾礼，身从大夫不可徒行。不是不惜颜回而惜财。 |
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