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.
席不正，不坐。If the mat was not straight, he did not sit.
What this chapter says
一孔按：席子摆得不正，孔子不坐。圣人心安于正，位置不正的地方，再小也不处。常有人问：“席不正，不坐”，席子歪一点为什么就不坐？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
坐席摆得不端正，孔子不坐。
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
“席不正，不坐”，席子歪一点为什么就不坐？
注Key words in the commentary
圣人心安于正，故于位之不正者，虽小不处。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 席不正，不坐。 | “圣人心安于正，故于位之不正者，虽小不处。” | page 137 |
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
“云席不正不坐者，所以共敬其正也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同说席偏斜先正而后坐；钱疑孤句错简当附割不正不食，朱引谢氏从心安于正、小处不苟说明。 |
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