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.
君召使擯，色勃如也，足躩如也。揖所與立，左右手。衣前後，襜如也。趨進，翼如也。賓退，必復命曰：賓不顧矣。When the ruler summoned him to receive guests, his face would change and his steps would quicken. Bowing to those standing beside him, he moved his hands left and right, his robe swaying evenly front and back. Hurrying forward, he moved like a bird with spread wings. When the guest had left, he would report: The guest is no longer looking back.
What this chapter says
一孔按：国君让孔子接待宾客，他神色庄重、脚步盘旋，作揖时衣服前后摆动整齐，快步向前如鸟展翅；宾客走了，一定回报“宾客已经不回头了”。每个细节都是敬君命。常有人问：国君让孔子接待宾客，宾客走了他一定回报“宾不顾矣”，这句为什么也要记？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
国君召孔子去接待外宾，他神色立刻庄重起来，脚步也放得小心。向两旁同列的人作揖，左手右手轮流拱揖，衣裳前后摆动，却始终整齐。快步向前时，两袖张开，像鸟儿展翅。客人告辞后，他一定回报国君说：客人已经走远，不再回头了。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 10.4 入公門，鞠躬如也，如不容。立……
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.
常The common reading
国君让孔子接待宾客，宾客走了他一定回报“宾不顾矣”，这句为什么也要记？
注Key words in the commentary
摈，主国之君所使出接宾者。勃，变色貌。躩，盘辟貌。皆敬君命故也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 君召使摈，色勃如 | “摈，主国之君所使出接宾者。勃，变色貌。躩，盘辟貌。皆敬君命故也。” | page 131 |
| 揖所与立，左右手 | “所与立，谓同为摈者也。摈用命数之半，如上公九命，则用五人，以次传命。揖左人，则左其手；揖右人，则右其手。襜，整貌。” | page 131 |
| 趋进，翼如也。 | “疾趋而进，张拱端好，如鸟舒翼。” | page 131 |
| 趋进，翼如也。 | “此一节，记孔子为君摈相之容。” | page 131 |
见Cross-references
- 君召使摈，色勃如 Elsewhere in the Analects：过位，色勃如也，足躩如也，其言似不足者。（《论语》集注分章10.4（底本第 131 页））
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
“儐者，為君接賓。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 躩 | word sense | settled | 杨取速行，朱释盘辟之貌；前后杨指俯仰衣动，朱着重揖左右与衣襜整齐，均为摈礼敬命。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以奉君命摈相而变色、盘辟、揖让衣动有整、趋进如翼、宾退复命，见谨敬；钱细辨上下摈之左右位而不强定一时实录。 |
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