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：人無遠慮，必有近憂。The Master said: One who does not think far ahead will surely have worries close at hand.
What this chapter says
一孔按：人没有远虑，必有近忧。人站的只是脚下一块地，脚外的地看着无用却废不得；思虑不到千里之外，祸患就在几席之下。常有人问：“人无远虑，必有近忧”，看不远的人为什么麻烦就在脚边？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，人若不作长远考虑，近处的忧患就必会来到。
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
“人无远虑，必有近忧”，看不远的人为什么麻烦就在脚边？
注Key words in the commentary
人之所履者，容足之外，皆为无用之地，而不可废也。故虑不在千里之外，则患在几席之下矣。
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：人无远虑， | “人之所履者，容足之外，皆为无用之地，而不可废也。故虑不在千里之外，则患在几席之下矣。” | page 212 |
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 八
“人之生當思漸慮遠，防於未然，則憂患之事不得近至。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 远近均可由时空相通，钱兼列空间、时间两解；朱引苏氏以千里之外与几席之下作空间譬，不排久远忧患义。 |
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