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：吾猶及史之闕文也，有馬者借人乘之。今亡矣夫！The Master said: I can still recall when scribes left blanks in their texts, and when those with horses lent them to others to ride. Now that is gone!
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子说我还赶上史官遇到疑处空着不写、有马的人借给别人乘骑的时候，如今没有了。叹的是时风变得不肯阙疑、不肯借人。常有人问：孔子说“吾犹及史之阙文也”，史之阙文是什么意思？上面是一孔录的回答。
Yikonglu's reading of this chapter is in Chinese for now; the English version comes with the video.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，我还见过史官遇疑留下缺文、有马的人借给别人骑的做法，如今没有了啊。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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
孔子说“吾犹及史之阙文也”，史之阙文是什么意思？
注Key words in the commentary
史阙文、马借人，此二事孔子犹及见之。今亡矣夫，悼时之益偷也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 今亡矣夫！ | “史阙文、马借人，此二事孔子犹及见之。今亡矣夫，悼时之益偷也。” | page 216 |
| 今亡矣夫！ | “此章义疑，不可强解。” | page 216 |
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
“澆流迅速，時異一時也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | uncertain | 两家均保留义疑，不强说史阙文与借马相连的确定情境。钱列史官疑事阙记及不识字阙书等说，朱引胡氏明确不可强解。 |
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