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.
子曰：博學於文，約之以禮，亦可以弗畔矣夫！The Master said: Learn broadly in culture and restrain it with ritual, and you may thereby avoid going astray.
What this chapter says
一孔按：博学于文、约之以礼，雍也篇已出现过，朱注说是重出。学要广，守要约。常有人问：“博学于文，约之以礼”为什么在颜渊篇又出现一次？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，广泛学习文献知识，用礼约束自己，就可以不背离道了吧。
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 6.25 君子博學於文，約之以禮，亦可……
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
“博学于文，约之以礼”为什么在颜渊篇又出现一次？
注Key words in the commentary
子曰：博学于文，约之以礼，亦可以弗畔矣夫。
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：博学于文， | “子曰：博学于文，约之以礼，亦可以弗畔矣夫。” | page 166 |
见Cross-references
- 子曰：博学于文， Elsewhere in the Analects：子曰：君子博学于文，约之以礼，亦可以弗畔矣夫！（《论语》集注分章6.25（底本第 88 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 六
“能以禮約束也。”……
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