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：愛之，能勿勞乎？忠焉，能勿誨乎？The Master said: Can you love someone without making him work hard? Can you be loyal to someone without instructing him?
What this chapter says
一孔按：爱他，能不让他劳苦吗？忠于他，能不教诲他吗？爱而不劳是禽犊之爱，忠而不诲是妇寺之忠。常有人问：“爱之，能勿劳乎”，爱一个人为什么偏要让他吃苦？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，爱一个人，能不让他勤劳吗；对一个人尽忠，能不教诲他吗？
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
“爱之，能勿劳乎”，爱一个人为什么偏要让他吃苦？
注Key words in the commentary
爱而勿劳，禽犊之爱也；忠而勿诲，妇寺之忠也。爱而知劳之，则其为爱也深矣；忠而知诲之，则其为忠也大矣。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 忠焉，能勿诲乎？ | “爱而勿劳，禽犊之爱也；忠而勿诲，妇寺之忠也。爱而知劳之，则其为爱也深矣；忠而知诲之，则其为忠也大矣。” | 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
“云愛之能勿勞乎者，愛慕此人學問之心，有所愛必欲勞來之。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以真爱须使之勤劳、真忠须以正道规诲，不是娇养顺从；钱明说劳为勉其勤劳而非惩罚。 |
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