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.
達巷黨人曰：大哉孔子！博學而無所成名。子聞之，謂門弟子曰：吾何執？執御乎？執射乎？吾執御矣。A man of Daxiang village said: Great indeed is Confucius! He has learned so broadly, yet made no name in any one thing. Hearing this, the Master said to his disciples: What should I take up? Charioteering? Archery? I will take up charioteering.
What this chapter says
一孔按：达巷的人夸孔子博学，可惜没有专长成名。孔子说那我专哪一样呢，赶车吧。是谦辞，也是说学问不必拿一艺去换名声。常有人问“达巷党人夸孔子博学而无所成名，孔子为什么说去赶车”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
达巷那地方有人说：孔子真博大啊！学问渊博，可惜没有哪一门专长让他成名。孔子听了，对门下弟子说：我专攻哪样好呢？驾车吗？射箭吗？那我就专攻驾车吧。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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常The common reading
达巷党人夸孔子博学而无所成名，孔子为什么说去赶车？
注Key words in the commentary
达巷，党名。其人姓名不传。博学无所成名，盖美其学之博而惜其不成一艺之名也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 博学而无所成名。 | “达巷，党名。其人姓名不传。博学无所成名，盖美其学之博而惜其不成一艺之名也。” | page 117 |
| 子闻之，谓门弟子 | “执，专执也。射、御皆一艺，而御为人仆，所执尤卑。言欲使我何所执以成名乎？然则吾将执御矣。闻人誉己，承之以谦也。” | page 117 |
| 吾执御矣。 | “圣人道全而德备，不可以偏长目之也。达巷党人见孔子之大，意其所学者博，而惜其不以一善得名于世，盖慕圣人而不知者也。故孔子曰：欲使我何所执而得为名乎？然则吾将执御矣。” | page 117 |
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
“云達巷云云者，五百家為黨，黨各有名，此黨名達巷。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 党 | word sense | settled | 杨据巷党连词解为里巷之人，朱以达巷为党名；均指赞博学而未成一艺之名，孔答执御为谦。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认博学不能由一艺名之，执御是孔子谦答。钱引项橐说而未以其人定名，朱直说姓名不传。 |
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