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.
子路宿於石門。晨門曰：奚自？子路曰：自孔氏。曰：是知其不可而為之者與？Zilu spent the night at Stone Gate. The gatekeeper said: Where are you from? Zilu said: From the house of Kong. He said: Is that the one who knows it cannot be done and still does it?
What this chapter says
一孔按：晨门问子路从哪来，说是那个知其不可而为之的人吧。隐者讥孔子明知不行还要做，却正说出了孔子的志。常有人问：石门的守门人说孔子“知其不可而为之”，是讥笑还是知音？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
子路在石门过夜，守门人问他从哪里来，他说从孔氏来；守门人说，就是那个知道做不成还坚持去做的人吗？
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
石门的守门人说孔子“知其不可而为之”，是讥笑还是知音？
注Key words in the commentary
石门，地名。晨门，掌晨启门，盖贤人隐于抱关者也。自，从也，问其何所从来也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 晨门曰：奚自？ | “石门，地名。晨门，掌晨启门，盖贤人隐于抱关者也。自，从也，问其何所从来也。” | page 202—203 |
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
“云子路宿於石門者，名門，地名也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认晨门为守门贤隐，批孔子明知难成仍为；钱主石门为曲阜城门说，朱仅标地名而不详定。 |
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