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：君子恥其言而過其行。The Master said: The gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子以言过其行为耻。言要少于行，不敢尽；行要多于言，求有余。常有人问：“君子耻其言而过其行”，说多做少为什么可耻？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子说话不敢说尽，做事却希望超过所说的。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 4.24 君子欲訥於言而敏於行。
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
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
“君子耻其言而过其行”，说多做少为什么可耻？
注Key words in the commentary
耻者，不敢尽之意。过者，欲有余之辞。
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：君子耻其言 | “耻者，不敢尽之意。过者，欲有余之辞。” | page 198—199 |
见Cross-references
- 子曰：君子耻其言 Elsewhere in the Analects：子曰：君子欲讷于言而敏于行。（《论语》集注分章4.24（底本第 59 页））
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
“君子之人，顧言愼行。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 句读不同：钱以耻言过行作一事、羞言多于行；朱把耻其言与过其行分作不敢尽言而欲行有余。 |
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