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：君子疾沒世而名不稱焉。The Master said: The gentleman dreads leaving the world without his name being spoken of.
What this chapter says
一孔按：君子以到死名声不被称道为恨。不是求名，是名不称就可见一生没有为善的实绩。常有人问：“君子疾没世而名不称焉”，君子不求人知，为什么又担心死后没名声？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，君子担心终身没有值得传述的名声。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Three Character Classic 38: “Make your name known” (扬名声): the gentleman fears reaching the end of his life with nothing worth praising.
- Read alongside (Yikonglu)Daodejing 44: Laozi asks "Fame or your person, which is dearer?" (名与身孰亲). Confucius, by contrast, dreads dying without a good name. Here Confucians and Daoists clash head-on over "name."
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Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
“君子疾没世而名不称焉”，君子不求人知，为什么又担心死后没名声？
注Key words in the commentary
君子学以为己，不求人知。然没世而名不称焉，则无为善之实可知矣。
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：君子疾没世 | “君子学以为己，不求人知。然没世而名不称焉，则无为善之实可知矣。” | page 214 |
| 子曰：君子疾没世 | “君子虽不病人之不己知，然亦疾没世而名不称也。虽疾没世而名不称，然所以求者，亦反诸己而已。小人求诸人，故违道干誉，无所不至。三者文不相蒙，而义实相足，亦记言者之意。” | page 214 |
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
“沒世，謂身沒以後也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以名因实举、终身无名可称见为善之实未至，非教人逐当时声誉；钱强调实德可留传后世。 |
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