一孔录子見南子，子路不說。夫子矢之曰：予所否者，天厭之！天厭之！What this chapter says
一孔按：按礼该见就见，对方不好与己无干；子路一时想不透，孔子才连誓两遍，叫他先信再想。今例：公事上该见的人名声不好，照规矩见，自己守得住，闲话先由它去。常有人问“孔子去见名声不好的人，为什么要发誓”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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孔子见了卫灵公夫人南子，子路很不痛快。孔子对他发誓说：我要是做了不合礼、不合道的事，让天弃绝我！让天弃绝我！
A plain modern-Chinese rendering following Yikonglu's reading.
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常The common reading
孔子去见名声不好的人，为什么要发誓？
注Key words in the commentary
“说”读悦。“矢，誓也。所，誓辞也……否，谓不合于礼，不由其道也。厌，弃绝也。”“否”读 fǒu。
说What other commentators say
朱注“古者仕于其国，有见其小君之礼”；“圣人道大德全，无可不可。其见恶人，固谓在我有可见之礼，则彼之不善，我何与焉……故重言以誓之，欲其姑信此而深思以得之也”。
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 三
“夫人也淫亂，而孔子入衛，欲與之相見也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同主取矢为誓、否为不合礼不由道，孔子见南子系有可见之礼；钱辨多种否解后仍从朱解，并解释誓语避免直非小君。 |
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Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “南子，卫灵公之夫人……欲其姑信此而深思以得之也” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 88 page 89 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 见 | 子见南子、请见、见之、见其小君、见此、见恶人、可见之礼 | jiàn |
| 说 | 子路不说 | yuè |
| 矢 | 矢之、矢，誓也 | shǐ |
| 否 | 予所否者、否，谓 | fǒu |
| 厌 | 天厌之、厌，弃绝也 | yàn |
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