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.
升車，必正立執綏。車中，不內顧，不疾言，不親指。Mounting his carriage, he always stood upright and held the strap. In the carriage, he did not look around, did not speak hurriedly, and did not point.
What this chapter says
一孔按：上车一定站正执着绳索，车中不回头看，不高声说话，不指指点点。坐车的规矩，是在动中也不失庄重。常有人问：孔子坐车“必正立执绥”，坐个车为什么这么多规矩？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子上车，一定先站端正，再拉着扶绳上去。在车上，不回头张望，不高声急语，不用手指指点点。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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常The common reading
孔子坐车“必正立执绥”，坐个车为什么这么多规矩？
注Key words in the commentary
绥，挽以上车之索也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 升车，必正立执绥 | “绥，挽以上车之索也。” | page 139 |
| 车中，不内顾，不 | “正立执绥，则心体无不正，而诚意肃恭矣。盖君子庄敬无所不在，升车则见于此也。” | page 139 |
| 车中，不内顾，不 | “内顾，回视也。礼曰：顾不过毂。三者皆失容，且惑人。” | page 140 |
| 车中，不内顾，不 | “此一节，记孔子升车之容。” | page 140 |
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
“云升車必正立執綏者，謂孔子升車時，則正立而執綏。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以绥为上车挽索、正立执绥，车中不回顾急言亲指以免失容惑人；钱另列亲字疑妄之说而未改正文。 |
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