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.
朋友死，無所歸。曰：於我殯。朋友之饋，雖車馬，非祭肉，不拜。When a friend died with no one to take charge, he said: Let the funeral be held at my house. For gifts from friends, even a carriage and horses, he did not bow unless it was sacrificial meat.
What this chapter says
一孔按：朋友死了无人收殓，孔子说由我来办。朋友馈赠，车马也不拜；只有祭肉才拜，因为祭肉关乎朋友的祖先，敬的是他的亲。常有人问“朋友送车马孔子都不拜，为什么一块祭肉反倒要拜”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
朋友死了，没有亲属料理后事，孔子说：由我来安排丧事吧。朋友赠送东西，就算贵重如车马，除非是祭过祖先的肉，孔子都不下拜。
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
朋友送车马孔子都不拜，为什么一块祭肉反倒要拜？
注Key words in the commentary
朋友以义合，死无所归，不得不殡。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 朋友死，无所归。 | “朋友以义合，死无所归，不得不殡。” | page 138—139 |
| 朋友死，无所归。 | “此一节，记孔子交朋友之义。” | page 138—139 |
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
“孔子有朋友在孔子之家死，而此朋友無親情來迎喪者，故云無所歸也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以朋友无归则于我殡、受祭肉须拜敬其先祖。钱据檀弓解释为病时迎馆、死后停柩，反对死后始迎柩之说；朱本章不详此时间情境。 |
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