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：吾自衛反魯，然後樂正，雅頌各得其所。The Master said: Only after I returned from Wei to Lu was the music set right, and the Ya and Song each found their proper place.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子从卫回鲁后才正乐，雅颂各得其所。晚年周游已罢，回到父母之邦，才有工夫把礼乐的残缺归正。常有人问：孔子“自卫反鲁，然后乐正”，为什么到这时候才正乐？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：自打我离卫归鲁，乐曲才得到校正，《雅》《颂》各归其位。
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“自卫反鲁，然后乐正”，为什么到这时候才正乐？
注Key words in the commentary
鲁哀公十一年冬，孔子自卫反鲁。是时周礼在鲁，然诗乐亦颇残缺失次。孔子周流四方，参互考订，以知其说。
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：吾自卫反鲁 | “鲁哀公十一年冬，孔子自卫反鲁。是时周礼在鲁，然诗乐亦颇残缺失次。孔子周流四方，参互考订，以知其说。晚知道终不行，故归而正之。” | 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
“孔子去魯後，而魯禮樂崩壞，子來還乃正之也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以返鲁而正雅颂残阙失次；钱明确兼正乐章适用场合及音律，朱着重孔子历国参互考订而正之。 |
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