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：上好禮，則民易使也。The Master said: When those above love ritual, the people are easy to employ.
What this chapter says
一孔按：在上的人好礼，百姓就容易使唤。礼达而分定，上下各安其分。常有人问：“上好礼，则民易使也”，在上的人好礼，百姓为什么容易使唤？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，在上者喜好礼，百姓就容易役使。
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
“上好礼，则民易使也”，在上的人好礼，百姓为什么容易使唤？
注Key words in the commentary
礼达而分定，故民易使。
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：上好礼，则 | “礼达而分定，故民易使。” | page 203—204 |
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
“則民莫敢不敬，故易使也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以在上好礼使民知所遵而易使。钱以敬和及其感化说，朱引谢氏以礼达分定说，重点相通。 |
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