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.
子張問政。子曰：居之無倦，行之以忠。Zizhang asked about government. The Master said: Hold your post without weariness, and carry it out with loyalty.
What this chapter says
一孔按：子张问政，孔子说居之无倦，行之以忠。心里存着它始终如一，做出来表里如一。子张才高而少诚意，所以拿这两样告诉他。常有人问：子张问政，孔子为什么偏对他说“居之无倦”？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
子张问政，孔子说，存心始终不懈怠，做事尽心尽力。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same question
Asking about government: 10 times in the book. Different people asked, and got different answers:
- 12.7 Zigong: Enough food, enough arms, and the trust of the people.
- 12.11 Duke Jing of Qi: Let the ruler be a ruler, the minister a minister, the father a father, the son a son.
- 12.14 Zizhang: Keep it in mind without weariness; carry it out with loyalty.
- 12.17 Ji Kangzi: To govern is to set right.
- 12.19 Ji Kangzi: You govern; what need is there for killing?
- 13.1 Zilu: Go before them; toil for them.
- 13.2 Zhonggong: Put your officers to work first, pardon small faults, promote the worthy and able.
- 13.16 the Duke of She: Those near are pleased, and those far away come.
- 13.17 Zixia: Do not seek speed; do not look to small gains.
- 20.2 Zizhang: Honor the five excellences; banish the four evils.
- People
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
子张问政，孔子为什么偏对他说“居之无倦”？
注Key words in the commentary
居，谓存诸心。无倦，则始终如一。行，谓发于事。以忠，则表里如一。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：居之无倦， | “居，谓存诸心。无倦，则始终如一。行，谓发于事。以忠，则表里如一。” | page 166 |
| 子曰：居之无倦， | “子张少仁，无诚心爱民，则必倦而不尽心，故告之以此。” | page 166 |
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 六
“問為政方法也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 居义 | differs | fairly sure | 钱兼居位与居心、行事与行于民，朱明作存心与发事。均以不倦始终、以忠尽心论政。 |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 居 | word sense | settled | 杨译在位，朱释存诸心；无倦与以忠的持续尽心相合，所居对象的句法解释不同。 |
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