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.
子言衛靈公之無道也，康子曰：夫如是，奚而不喪？孔子曰：仲叔圉治賓客，祝鮀治宗廟，王孫賈治軍旅。夫如是，奚其喪？The Master spoke of Duke Ling of Wei's lack of the Way. Ji Kangzi said: If he is like that, why has he not lost his state? Confucius said: Zhongshu Yu handles foreign guests, Priest Tuo handles the ancestral temple, and Wangsun Jia handles the army. With such men, how would he lose it?
What this chapter says
一孔按：卫灵公无道，季康子问为何不亡。孔子说仲叔圉管外交，祝鮀管宗庙，王孙贾管军旅，各得其人，怎么会亡。用人得当能撑住一国。常有人问“孔子说卫灵公无道，季康子问他为什么没有亡国，孔子怎么答”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说卫灵公无道，季康子问，那他为什么不失位，孔子说，仲叔圉主持宾客，祝鮀主持宗庙，王孙贾主持军旅，有这样的人任事，怎么会失位呢？
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
孔子说卫灵公无道，季康子问他为什么没有亡国，孔子怎么答？
注Key words in the commentary
卫灵公之无道，宜丧也，而能用此三人，犹足以保其国，而况有道之君，能用天下之贤才者乎？诗曰：无竞维人，四方其训之。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 夫如是，奚其丧？ | “卫灵公之无道，宜丧也，而能用此三人，犹足以保其国，而况有道之君，能用天下之贤才者乎？诗曰：无竞维人，四方其训之。” | page 195—196 |
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，孔子歎衞君無道行，意致其亡國乎。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同取丧为失位而非直接亡国，灵公虽失德尚有三臣分治宾客宗庙军旅、用才支撑；不以个人无道推政务必全废。 |
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