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：君子而不仁者有矣夫，未有小人而仁者也。The Master said: There may be gentlemen who are not humane, but there has never been a petty man who is humane.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子中也有不仁的时候，小人却没有仁的。君子志于仁，一念不在就不免不仁。常有人问：“君子而不仁者有矣夫”，君子也会有不仁的时候吗？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子有时也会有不仁的过失，却没有成为仁者的小人。
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
“君子而不仁者有矣夫”，君子也会有不仁的时候吗？
注Key words in the commentary
君子志于仁矣，然毫忽之间，心不在焉，则未免为不仁也。
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：君子而不仁 | “君子志于仁矣，然毫忽之间，心不在焉，则未免为不仁也。” | page 188 |
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
“云子曰云云者，此謂賢人以下。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认君子偶有未仁之失而小人不能因一事偶善即成仁；钱以观人用人说明，朱以心一时不在说明君子之失。 |
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