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：加我數年，五十以學易，可以無大過矣。The Master said: Give me a few more years, and if I could study the Changes at fifty, I might be free of great faults.
What this chapter says
一孔按：两种读法都有根据。朱熹读作学《易》；《鲁论》作“亦”，就成了“五十岁再学，也可以没有大过错”。一孔录两说并存。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说：再借我几年光阴，让我把《易》学到底，就可以没有大的过错了。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Three Character Classic 14: Read the passage on the three Changes alongside Confucius saying he would study the Changes in his later years.
- Disputed reading
- Yikonglu reads it as “Both readings retained”. See our note
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
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：加我数年， | “刘聘君见元城刘忠定公，自言尝读他论，‘加’作‘假’，‘五十’作‘卒’。盖加、假声相近而误读，卒与五十字相似而误分也。” | page 98 |
| 子曰：加我数年， | “愚按：此章之言，《史记》作‘假我数年，若是我于易则彬彬矣’。加正作假，而无五十字。盖是时孔子年已几七十矣，五十字误无疑也。” | page 98 |
| 子曰：加我数年， | “学易，则明乎吉凶消长之理，进退存亡之道，故可以无大过。盖圣人深见易道之无穷，而言此以教人，使知其不可不学，而又不可以易而学也。” | page 98 |
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 四
“此孔子重易也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 经文选择不同：钱依古论以亦可、不从学易，保留五十；朱认五十误分卒、孔子近七十学易。年龄、所学及亦易皆异。 |
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