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：過而不改，是謂過矣。The Master said: To err and not correct it — that is truly to err.
What this chapter says
一孔按：有了过错不改，这才叫过错。过而能改就复于无过，不改，过才成了定局。常有人问：“过而不改，是谓过矣”，过错什么时候才真成了过错？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，有了过失却不改，这才叫过失。
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
“过而不改，是谓过矣”，过错什么时候才真成了过错？
注Key words in the commentary
过而能改，则复于无过。惟不改，则其过遂成，而将不及改矣。
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：过而不改， | “过而能改，则复于无过。惟不改，则其过遂成，而将不及改矣。” | page 216—217 |
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
“人有過，皆能改，如日食及明也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以有过能改即复无过、不改才成其过，钱另说文过会再添过；非断言君子永不会犯任何错。 |
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