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：臧武仲以防求為後於魯，雖曰不要君，吾不信也。The Master said: Zang Wuzhong held on to Fang and demanded that an heir be appointed for him in Lu. Though he says he was not coercing his ruler, I do not believe it.
What this chapter says
一孔按：臧武仲据防邑请鲁君为他立后，虽说不是要挟，孔子说我不信。据邑以请，本身就是要挟。常有人问“臧武仲据防邑求立后，孔子为什么说他是要挟国君”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，臧武仲据着防邑，请求鲁国为臧氏立后，即使说自己不是要挟国君，我也不信。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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常The common reading
臧武仲据防邑求立后，孔子为什么说他是要挟国君？
注Key words in the commentary
防，地名，武仲所封邑也。要，有挟而求也。武仲得罪奔邾，自邾如防，使请立后而避邑，以示若不得请，则将据邑以叛，是要君也。
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：臧武仲以防 | “防，地名，武仲所封邑也。要，有挟而求也。武仲得罪奔邾，自邾如防，使请立后而避邑，以示若不得请，则将据邑以叛，是要君也。” | page 192—193 |
| 子曰：臧武仲以防 | “要君者无上，罪之大者也。武仲之邑，受之于君。得罪出奔，则立后在君，非己所得专也。而据邑以请，由其好知而不好学也。” | page 192—193 |
| 子曰：臧武仲以防 | “武仲卑辞请后，其迹非要君者，而意实要之。夫子之言，亦春秋诛意之法也。” | page 192—193 |
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
“云子曰云云者，姓，臧，名，紇，武，諡也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以防为武仲封邑、据邑求鲁立后是有所挟而求，虽口称不要君仍是要君；非普通诚恳请求。 |
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