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：學如不及，猶恐失之。The Master said: Learn as if you could not catch up, and still fear losing it.
What this chapter says
一孔按：学要像追不上一样，还怕丢掉已学的。不能说“明天再学”，一松手就落下。常有人问：“学如不及，犹恐失之”，学东西为什么要像追人一样？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：求学就像追赶什么，总怕追不上，追上了又怕丢掉。
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
“学如不及，犹恐失之”，学东西为什么要像追人一样？
注Key words in the commentary
言人之为学，既如有所不及矣，而其心犹竦然，惟恐其或失之，警学者当如是也。
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：学如不及， | “言人之为学，既如有所不及矣，而其心犹竦然，惟恐其或失之，警学者当如是也。” | page 114 |
| 子曰：学如不及， | “学如不及，犹恐失之，不得放过。纔说姑待明日，便不可也。” | page 114 |
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
“言學之為法，急務取得，恒如追前人欲取必及，故云如不及也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | fairly sure | 学习急于进而惧失，朱着重不可等待放过；杨补追逐赶上形象，未改成争名次。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以学须汲汲、恐有失而不可暂放；钱不取将两句硬拆成未得欲得与既得怕失的曲分，朱作不及而又恐失之的加重语气。 |
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