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：其言之不怍，則為之也難。The Master said: One who speaks without shame will find it hard to carry out his words.
What this chapter says
一孔按：大言不惭的人，没有一定要做到的志向，也不掂量自己能不能，要他践言就难了。常有人问：“其言之不怍，则为之也难”，说大话不脸红的人为什么难做到？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，大话说得毫不惭愧，真正做起来就难了。
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
“其言之不怍，则为之也难”，说大话不脸红的人为什么难做到？
注Key words in the commentary
大言不惭，则无必为之志，而不自度其能否矣。欲践其言，岂不难哉？
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：其言之不怍 | “大言不惭，则无必为之志，而不自度其能否矣。欲践其言，岂不难哉？” | page 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
“積其實者，為之難也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以大言无惭是未自度才力亦无实行之志，言已轻则践行难；怍为惭，不是说说话须永远羞怯。 |
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