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：知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼。The Master said: The wise are not perplexed; the humane are not anxious; the brave are not afraid.
What this chapter says
一孔按：知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。明理所以不惑，理胜私所以不忧，气配道义所以不惧；这是由知而仁而勇的学之序。常有人问“知者不惑、仁者不忧、勇者不惧，三样为什么这样排”，上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说：明智的人不会迷惑，仁德的人不会忧愁，勇敢的人不会畏惧。
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
知者不惑、仁者不忧、勇者不惧，三样为什么这样排？
注Key words in the commentary
明足以烛理，故不惑；理足以胜私，故不忧；气足以配道义，故不惧。此学之序也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：知者不惑， | “明足以烛理，故不惑；理足以胜私，故不忧；气足以配道义，故不惧。此学之序也。” | page 128 |
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
“此章談人性分不同也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以明理故不惑、仁无私故不忧、义勇故不惧；钱说明不忧非无悲悯天下之心，乃无私虑私忧。 |
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