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.
子路問事君。子曰：勿欺也，而犯之。Zilu asked about serving a ruler. The Master said: Do not deceive him, but stand up to him.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子路问事君，孔子说不要欺骗他，而可以犯颜直谏。子路的病不在不敢犯，在可能不够诚，所以先说勿欺。常有人问：子路问事君，孔子说“勿欺也，而犯之”，为什么先说勿欺？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
子路问怎样事君，孔子说，不要欺骗他，但要敢当面劝谏。
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
子路问事君，孔子说“勿欺也，而犯之”，为什么先说勿欺？
注Key words in the commentary
犯，谓犯颜谏争。
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：勿欺也，而 | “犯，谓犯颜谏争。” | page 197 |
| 子曰：勿欺也，而 | “犯非子路之所难也，而以不欺为难，故夫子教以先勿欺而后犯也。” | page 197 |
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
“云子路問事君者，問孔子求事君之法。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以犯为犯颜谏诤、先勿欺再直谏；钱辨以不知为知、言过其实求君听亦近欺，朱以此矫子路之偏。 |
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