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：不逆詐，不億不信。抑亦先覺者，是賢乎！The Master said: Not anticipating deceit, not presuming bad faith, yet being the first to perceive it — that is worthy indeed!
What this chapter says
一孔按：不预先揣测别人欺诈，不凭空猜疑别人不信，却又能先察觉，这才是贤。不逆不亿是存心诚，先觉是明，两者兼备才不上当。常有人问：“不逆诈，不亿不信”，不怀疑人又不上当，做得到吗？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，不预先猜别人欺诈，也不凭空料想别人怀疑自己，却能及早察觉实情，这样才贤啊。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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
“不逆诈，不亿不信”，不怀疑人又不上当，做得到吗？
注Key words in the commentary
逆，未至而迎之也。亿，未见而意之也。诈，谓人欺己。不信，谓人疑己。抑，反语辞。
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：不逆诈，不 | “逆，未至而迎之也。亿，未见而意之也。诈，谓人欺己。不信，谓人疑己。抑，反语辞。言虽不逆不亿，而于人之情伪，自然先觉，乃为贤也。” | page 199—200 |
| 抑亦先觉者，是贤 | “君子一于诚而已，然未有诚而不明者。故虽不逆诈、不亿不信，而常先觉也。若夫不逆不亿，而卒为小人所罔焉，斯亦不足观也已。” | page 199—200 |
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
“云不逆詐者，逆者，迎也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训逆为未至先迎、亿为未见悬测，不先存欺疑而仍能明辨人情才贤；不是不辨真伪或处处先作最坏猜测。 |
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