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廄焚。子退朝，曰：傷人乎？不問馬。The stables burned down. Returning from court, the Master said: Was anyone hurt? He did not ask about the horses.
What this chapter says
一孔按：马棚失火，孔子只问伤人没有，没问马。《乡党》记的是轻重先后，不必改断句替孔子补问马。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
马厩失火了。孔子从朝廷回来，问：伤着人没有？没问马。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Three Character Classic 8: However important the six domestic animals are, they count for less than people. When the stable burned, Confucius asked only whether anyone was hurt.
- Disputed reading
- Yikonglu reads it as “A”. See our note
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 不问马。 | “非不爱马，然恐伤人之意多，故未暇问。盖贵人贱畜，理当如此。” | page 138 |
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 五
“孔子家養馬之處焚燒也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同读为先问伤人而不问马、见重人命。钱说明不问马为门人记述；朱补非不爱马而急忧人，未暇问。 |
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