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：衣敝縕袍，與衣狐貉者立，而不恥者，其由也與？不忮不求，何用不臧？子路終身誦之。子曰：是道也，何足以臧？The Master said: Wearing a tattered padded robe and standing beside men in fox and badger furs without shame — that would be You, would it not? 'Not envious, not grasping — how could he not be good?' Zilu kept reciting these lines all his life. The Master said: That way alone — how is it enough to be good?
What this chapter says
一孔按：穿破棉袍和穿狐皮的人站在一起不觉羞，只有子路。孔子夸他，子路终身念诵；孔子又说光这样还不够好。不以贫富动心是起点，不能停在这里。常有人问“孔子夸子路穿破袍不羞，子路终身念诵，孔子为什么又泼冷水”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：穿着破旧的乱麻絮袍子，跟穿着狐皮貉皮袍子的人站在一起，而不觉得低人一等的，大概就数仲由了？《诗》里说：“不嫉妒，不贪求，怎么会不好？”子路从此终身念诵这两句。孔子说：仅仅这样，怎么就算够好了呢？
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- SourceBook of Songs: Book of Songs, Bei Feng, Xiong Zhi: “Neither envious nor grasping: how could he not be good?” (不忮不求，何用不臧。)
- People
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
孔子夸子路穿破袍不羞，子路终身念诵，孔子为什么又泼冷水？
注Key words in the commentary
敝，坏也。缊，枲著也。袍，衣有著者也，盖衣之贱者。狐貉，以狐貉之皮为裘，衣之贵者。
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：衣敝缊袍， | “敝，坏也。缊，枲著也。袍，衣有著者也，盖衣之贱者。狐貉，以狐貉之皮为裘，衣之贵者。子路之志如此，则能不以贫富动其心，而可以进于道矣，故夫子称之。” | page 127 |
| 不忮不求，何用不 | “贫与富交，强者必忮，弱者必求。” | page 127—128 |
| 子路终身诵之。 | “终身诵之，则自喜其能，而不复求进于道矣，故夫子复言此以警之。” | page 128 |
| 子路终身诵之。 | “耻恶衣恶食，学者之大病。善心不存，盖由于此。子路之志如此，其过人远矣。然以众人而能此，则可以为善矣；子路之贤，宜不止此。而终身诵之，则非所以进于日新也，故激而进之。” | page 128 |
见Cross-references
- 不忮不求，何用不 Other sources：不忮不求，何用不臧。（《诗经·邶风·雄雉》，四部备要《毛诗郑笺》PDF第59页；朱注底本PDF第127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 五
“衣，猶著也。弊，敗也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以衣敝袍与狐貉者立而无耻见子路志不为贫富移，然仅不忮不求未足尽善。缊名物钱取乱丝絮、朱取枲著。 |
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