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.
唐棣之華，偏其反而。豈不爾思？室是遠而。子曰：未之思也，夫何遠之有？'The blossoms of the cherry tree flutter and turn. How could I not think of you? But your home is far away.' The Master said: He did not really think of her. What distance would there be?
What this chapter says
一孔按：逸诗说想念人却嫌太远，孔子说是没真想，真想有什么远。道也一样，不是道远，是人没真求。常有人问：“唐棣之华”逸诗嫌人太远，孔子为什么说“未之思也”？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
古诗说：“唐棣开花，随风轻轻翻动。哪是不把你想？只怪家住得远。”孔子说：那是心里并不真想，若是真想，哪来什么远呢？
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
“唐棣之华”逸诗嫌人太远，孔子为什么说“未之思也”？
注Key words in the commentary
唐棣，郁李也。偏，晋书作翩。然则反亦当与翻同，言华之摇动也。而，语助也。此逸诗也，于六义属兴。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 唐棣之华，偏其反 | “唐棣，郁李也。偏，晋书作翩。然则反亦当与翻同，言华之摇动也。而，语助也。此逸诗也，于六义属兴。上两句无意义，但以起下两句之辞耳。其所谓尔，亦不知其何所指也。” | page 129 |
| 子曰：未之思也， | “圣人未尝言易以骄人之志，亦未尝言难以阻人之进，但曰：未之思也，夫何远之有？此言极有涵蓄，意思深远。” | page 129—130 |
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
“云唐棣之華偏其反而者，唐棣，棣樹也。華，花也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以唐棣翩翻为逸诗起兴，孔子转言实未思、何远之有，与仁在己相应；朱特别说所思对象原不可知，不必强定。 |
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