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：君子泰而不驕，小人驕而不泰。The Master said: The gentleman is at ease but not arrogant; the petty man is arrogant but not at ease.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子安舒而不骄，小人骄而不安舒。循理就安舒不矜，逞欲就骄而不安。常有人问：“君子泰而不骄”，安舒和骄傲差在哪里？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子安舒而不骄纵，小人骄纵却不能安舒。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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常The common reading
“君子泰而不骄”，安舒和骄傲差在哪里？
注Key words in the commentary
君子循理，故安舒而不矜肆；小人逞欲，故反是。
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：君子泰而不 | “君子循理，故安舒而不矜肆；小人逞欲，故反是。” | page 185 |
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 七
“云君子泰而不驕者，君子坦蕩蕩，心貌怡平，是泰而不為驕慢也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 泰安舒而不骄，小人骄而内不安；杨引皇疏李塨，朱以循理逞欲解释，同旨而根据不同。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以泰为安舒、骄为矜肆，循理者泰不骄、私欲者反之。钱另辨不骄未必已泰，以免只凭外貌定境界。 |
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