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：貧而無怨難，富而無驕易。The Master said: To be poor without resentment is hard; to be rich without arrogance is easy.
What this chapter says
一孔按：贫而无怨难，富而无骄易。处贫难、处富易是人之常情，但要勉其难，也不可忽其易。常有人问：“贫而无怨难，富而无骄易”，为什么穷而不怨更难？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，贫穷而没有怨恨难，富有而不骄傲容易些。
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
“贫而无怨难，富而无骄易”，为什么穷而不怨更难？
注Key words in the commentary
处贫难，处富易，人之常情。然人当勉其难，而不可忽其易也。
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：贫而无怨难 | “处贫难，处富易，人之常情。然人当勉其难，而不可忽其易也。” | page 190 |
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 七
“云貧而無怨難者，貧賤因於飢寒，所以有怨。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认贫无怨较富无骄更难，人仍须两边自勉。钱借颜子子贡处境举例，不把贫富本身作德高低。 |
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