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.
微生畝謂孔子曰：丘，何為是棲棲者與？無乃為佞乎？孔子曰：非敢為佞也，疾固也。Weisheng Mu said to Confucius: Qiu, why are you always so busily on the move? Are you not just a smooth talker? Confucius said: I would not dare be a smooth talker. It is stubbornness I dislike.
What this chapter says
一孔按：微生亩说孔子栖栖遑遑，莫非是靠口才讨好。孔子说不敢佞，是厌恶固执不通的人。谦而不认账，答得不卑不亢。常有人问“微生亩说孔子栖栖遑遑是靠口才讨好，孔子怎么回答”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
微生亩问孔子，孔丘，你为什么这样奔忙不安，莫非要靠口才取悦人；孔子说，不敢以口才取悦人，只是厌恶固执不通。
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
微生亩说孔子栖栖遑遑是靠口才讨好，孔子怎么回答？
注Key words in the commentary
微生，姓；亩，名也。亩名呼夫子而辞甚倨，盖有齿德而隐者。栖栖，依依也。为佞，言其务为口给以悦人也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 微生亩谓孔子曰： | “微生，姓；亩，名也。亩名呼夫子而辞甚倨，盖有齿德而隐者。栖栖，依依也。为佞，言其务为口给以悦人也。” | page 200 |
| 孔子曰：非敢为佞 | “疾，恶也。固，执一而不通也。圣人之于达尊，礼恭而言直如此，其警之亦深矣。” | page 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
“云微生畝云云者，微生，姓也，畝，名也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以栖栖为奔波不安处、佞为口给悦人、固为执一，孔子非为取悦人而是不肯固守；钱不以微生亩即微生高为定。 |
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