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.
子欲居九夷。或曰：陋，如之何！子曰：君子居之，何陋之有？The Master wished to live among the nine Yi tribes. Someone said: They are crude; what would you do? The Master said: If a gentleman lived there, what crudeness would there be?
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子想到九夷去住，有人说那里简陋。孔子说君子住在那里，还有什么简陋。君子所居则化，地方的陋不在地方，在住的人。常有人问：孔子想居九夷，有人嫌简陋，孔子为什么说“何陋之有”？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子想搬到东方九夷那里去住。有人说：那里简陋，怎么住得惯？孔子说：君子去住了，还有什么简陋的？
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
孔子想居九夷，有人嫌简陋，孔子为什么说“何陋之有”？
注Key words in the commentary
东方之夷有九种。欲居之者，亦乘桴浮海之意。君子所居则化，何陋之有？
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子欲居九夷。 | “东方之夷有九种。欲居之者，亦乘桴浮海之意。君子所居则化，何陋之有？” | page 124 |
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
“孔子有聖道不行於中國，故記欲東往居於九夷也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 何陋 | differs | fairly sure | 钱谓君子能往居便证不闭塞，不主化夷为夏；朱谓君子所居能化，故不陋。 |
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