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：賢者辟世，其次辟地，其次辟色，其次辟言。The Master said: The worthy withdraw from the world; the next withdraw from a place; the next withdraw at a look; the next withdraw at a word.
What this chapter says
一孔按：贤者避开乱世，其次避开乱地，其次见礼貌衰而去，其次闻恶言而去。四者是所遇不同，不是贤的高下。常有人问：“贤者辟世，其次辟地”，这四种避是一种比一种差吗？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，贤者有避开乱世隐居的，其次是离乱国往治国，再其次是见君上变了脸色便离开，再其次是听到不合的话才离开。
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
“贤者辟世，其次辟地”，这四种避是一种比一种差吗？
注Key words in the commentary
天下无道而隐，若伯夷、太公是也。
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：贤者辟世， | “天下无道而隐，若伯夷、太公是也。” | page 202 |
| 子曰：贤者辟世， | “去乱国，适治邦。” | page 202 |
| 子曰：贤者辟世， | “礼貌衰而去。” | page 202 |
| 子曰：贤者辟世， | “有违言而后去也。” | page 202 |
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
“云子曰賢者避世者，聖賢者去就順時，若天地閉塞，則賢人使隱高蹈塵外也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 四避字训相同。钱不据三其次分德性优劣，而分避之深浅；朱所引程子亦说非以优劣言，皆各中其宜。 |
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