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：文，莫吾猶人也。躬行君子，則吾未之有得。The Master said: In learning I may be no worse than others. But as for living as a gentleman in my own conduct, that I have not yet attained.
What this chapter says
一孔按：论文辞，我也许和别人差不多；身体力行做君子，我还没做到。说的是言易行难，叫人在实处用力。常有人问：孔子说“躬行君子，则吾未之有得”，孔子也说自己没做到？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：书本上的功夫，我大约和旁人相当。要说身体力行、真做成君子，我还没做到。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
孔子说“躬行君子，则吾未之有得”，孔子也说自己没做到？
注Key words in the commentary
莫，疑辞。犹人，言不能过人，而尚可以及人。未之有得，则全未有得，皆自谦之辞。而足以见言行之难易缓急，欲人之勉其实也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 躬行君子，则吾未 | “莫，疑辞。犹人，言不能过人，而尚可以及人。未之有得，则全未有得，皆自谦之辞。而足以见言行之难易缓急，欲人之勉其实也。” | page 104 |
| 躬行君子，则吾未 | “文虽圣人无不与人同，故不逊；能躬行君子，斯可以入圣，故不居。犹言君子道者三，我无能焉。” | page 104 |
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
“孔子謙也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 文字句读不同：钱以文莫为忞慔双声、努力黾勉；朱以文断、莫疑辞，谓文可及人而躬行未得。 |
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