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.
曾子曰：君子思不出其位。Zengzi said: The gentleman does not let his thoughts go beyond his position.
What this chapter says
一孔按：曾子说君子所思不出其位，语出《易》艮卦象辞。各止其所，天下之理就得了；越位而思，心就驰于外。常有人问：曾子说“君子思不出其位”，连想都不出位，是不是太拘束了？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
曾子说，君子思虑不越出自己的职分。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
曾子说“君子思不出其位”，连想都不出位，是不是太拘束了？
注Key words in the commentary
此艮卦之象辞也，曾子盖尝称之。记者因上章之语而类记之也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 曾子曰：君子思不 | “此艮卦之象辞也，曾子盖尝称之。记者因上章之语而类记之也。” | page 198—199 |
| 曾子曰：君子思不 | “物各止其所，而天下之理得矣。故君子所思不出其位，而君臣上下大小，皆得其职也。” | page 198—199 |
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
“云曾子曰云云者，君子思慮當己分內，不得出己之外，而思他人事也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认曾子思不出位与前章类记，守各自职分方天下有序；钱明确位为政治职位，朱引艮卦并说明君臣上下各得职。 |
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