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：驥不稱其力，稱其德也。The Master said: A fine steed is praised not for its strength but for its character.
What this chapter says
一孔按：骥不是被称赞力气，是被称赞德性。人也一样，有才而无德，不足称。常有人问：“骥不称其力，称其德也”，好马被称赞，称的是什么？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，千里马受称赞，不只因它有力气，而因它性情驯良。
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
“骥不称其力，称其德也”，好马被称赞，称的是什么？
注Key words in the commentary
骥，善马之名。德，谓调良也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：骥不称其力 | “骥，善马之名。德，谓调良也。” | page 200 |
| 子曰：骥不称其力 | “骥虽有力，其称在德。人有才而无德，则亦奚足尚哉？” | 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
“稱德重力也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以骥德为调良，善马受称不只力能远行，喻人贵德；钱并补无才也不能名骥，非一概贱才。 |
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