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：魯衛之政，兄弟也。The Master said: The governments of Lu and Wei are brothers.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子叹鲁卫两国的政事像兄弟。两国本是周公、康叔之后，兄弟之国，这时同样衰乱，政事也相似。常有人问：孔子说“鲁卫之政，兄弟也”，是在夸还是在叹？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，鲁国、卫国的政治，真像兄弟一样。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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常The common reading
孔子说“鲁卫之政，兄弟也”，是在夸还是在叹？
注Key words in the commentary
鲁，周公之后；卫，康叔之后：本兄弟之国。而是时衰乱，政亦相似，故孔子叹之。
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：鲁卫之政， | “鲁，周公之后；卫，康叔之后：本兄弟之国。而是时衰乱，政亦相似，故孔子叹之。” | page 177 |
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
“魯是周公之封，衛是康叔之封，周公康叔是兄弟。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 鲁卫政相似，朱以兄弟国同趋衰乱说明比喻；杨直译相差不远，非夸两国同样善治。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认鲁卫本兄弟之国而时政衰乱相似，孔子为之叹；钱不从两国比他国皆贤之解。 |
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