一孔录“信”有说话算数和取信于人两层。朱熹注“以实之谓信”，又说“信，约信也”。
Each topic lists the chapters whose original text mentions it: chapters we have covered include our reading; others show the original only. Uncovered chapters will be added automatically once the full text is online.
- 1.4Three things I examine myself on daily
曾子曰：吾日三省吾身：为人谋而不忠乎？与朋友交而不信乎？传不习乎？
When you act for someone, did you hold anything back? Today: a colleague asks you to look over a plan; you can't be bothered to point out the flaw and say “looks good”.
- 1.5Governing a state of a thousand chariots
子曰：道千乘之国：敬事而信，节用而爱人，使民以时。
Cheng Yi: “此言至浅……若推其极，尧舜之治亦不过此” — the words are plain, but pushed to the limit, even Yao and Shun governed no differently. Today: a shopkeeper who keeps his word, doesn't waste money, and doesn't send staff on private errands in the busy season.
- 1.6A young man at home is filial
子曰：弟子入则孝，出则弟，谨而信，汎爱众，而亲仁。行有余力，则以学文。
This is about order, not about choosing one and dropping the other. Today: the capable person who never studied has nothing to check himself against when he is wrong.
- 1.7Honouring the worthy over good looks
子夏曰：贤贤易色，事父母能竭其力，事君能致其身，与朋友交言而有信。虽曰未学，吾必谓之学矣。
Someone who never studied but does all this — Zixia says he has studied. Today: the elders who had only a few years of schooling.
- 1.8A gentleman without weight has no dignity
子曰：君子不重则不威，学则不固。主忠信。无友不如己者。过则勿惮改。
Zhu Xi takes the words as they stand and does not talk his way around them. Today: the one person willing to tell you to your face tells you twice; if you don't change, the third time he says nothing.
- 1.13Trust that comes close to what is right
有子曰：信近于义，言可复也；恭近于礼，远耻辱也；因不失其亲，亦可宗也。
The work happens before you say yes. Today: agreeing at midnight, without a thought, to lend the money.
