一孔录What this chapter says
一孔按：四件都是天天要做的功夫，做不到就忧，圣人尚且如此，何况一般人。今例：说好不熬夜又拿起手机，真把手机放远了才算改。朱注原话：“脩”同“修”；四事：修德、讲学、徙义、改过。
白Plain Chinese
孔子说：品德不去修养，学问不去讲习，听到合宜的事不能跟着去做，有了不好的地方不能改正，这些是我的忧虑。
A plain modern-Chinese rendering following Yikonglu's reading.
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常The common reading
圣人也担心这些？
注Key words in the commentary
“脩”同“修”；四事：修德、讲学、徙义、改过。
说What other commentators say
尹焞“德必脩而后成，学必讲而后明，见善能徙，改过不吝，此四者日新之要也。苟未能之，圣人犹忧，况学者乎？”
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
“夫子常以此四之事宜修治在身也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | fairly sure | 忧德不修、学不讲、闻义不迁与过不改；朱归为日新四要，杨译不把义仅当口头讨论。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以修德、讲学、徙义、改过为日新要务。钱再以讲学促徙义改过、三者成德串联，朱引尹氏列为四端。 |
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Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “尹氏曰：德必脩而后成……况学者乎” | Yin Tun, quoted by Zhu Xi | page 92 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 徙 | 不能徙、能徙 | xǐ |
Yikonglu, Analects 述而第七 7.3 “德之不修”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/shu-er/3.html, version 2026-11-15.Last checked: 2026-11-15. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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