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：三年學，不至於穀，不易得也。The Master said: One who studies for three years without aiming at a salary is not easy to find.
What this chapter says
一孔按：学了三年还不想着做官食禄，这样的人难得。朱熹疑“至”当作“志”：难的是学的时候心不在禄上。常有人问：“三年学，不至于谷，不易得也”，这样的人为什么难找？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：求学三年，心思还没有落到求官得禄上，这样的人不容易碰到。
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
“三年学，不至于谷，不易得也”，这样的人为什么难找？
注Key words in the commentary
穀，禄也。至，疑当作志。为学之久，而不求禄，如此之人，不易得也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：三年学，不 | “穀，禄也。至，疑当作志。为学之久，而不求禄，如此之人，不易得也。” | page 112 |
| 子曰：三年学，不 | “虽子张之贤，犹以干禄为问，况其下者乎？然则三年学而不至于穀，宜不易得也。” | page 112 |
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
“勸人學也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 至 | word sense | settled | 杨释意念所至，不求禄三年难得；朱疑至当志，意义相近而文字处理不同，均非三年学仍得不到俸禄。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训谷为禄，难得的是久学不转志于禄；钱以向学心不移解释，朱另疑至应作志而不改此大旨。 |
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