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：君子道者三，我無能焉：仁者不憂，知者不惑，勇者不懼。子貢曰：夫子自道也。The Master said: The way of the gentleman has three parts, and I have achieved none of them: the humane do not worry, the wise are not perplexed, the brave do not fear. Zigong said: That is the Master describing himself.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子说君子之道三样我都做不到：仁者不忧、知者不惑、勇者不惧。子贡说这正是老师在说自己。自责以勉人，弟子则看出老师已经做到。常有人问“孔子说君子之道三样自己都没做到，子贡为什么说这正是老师自道”，上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子的道有三项，我还没能做到，仁者不忧，智者不惑，勇者不惧；子贡说，这是老师谦逊地说自己啊。
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
孔子说君子之道三样自己都没做到，子贡为什么说这正是老师自道？
注Key words in the commentary
自责以勉人也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子贡曰：夫子自道 | “自责以勉人也。” | page 199 |
| 子贡曰：夫子自道 | “成德以仁为先，进学以知为先，故夫子之言，其序有不同者以此。” | page 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
“云子曰云云者，言君子所行之道有三，夫子自謙我不能行其一也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以仁知勇三道及不忧惑惧勉人，子贡认孔子谦辞自道；钱说三达德人人可由成德，朱分成德与进学仁知先后。 |
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