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.
顏淵死。子曰：噫！天喪予！天喪予！When Yan Yuan died, the Master said: Alas! Heaven has destroyed me! Heaven has destroyed me!
What this chapter says
一孔按：颜渊死，孔子连说天丧予。哭的不只是一个学生，是道没有人传了。常有人问：颜渊死，孔子为什么连说“天丧予”？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
颜渊死了，孔子叹道，唉，天要断送我啊，天要断送我啊！
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
颜渊死，孔子为什么连说“天丧予”？
注Key words in the commentary
噫，伤痛声。悼道无传，若天丧己也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 天丧予！ | “噫，伤痛声。悼道无传，若天丧己也。” | page 144 |
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 六
“云顏淵死子曰噫者，噫，痛憤之聲也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训噫为伤痛声、天丧予为悼颜子死使道失传如天丧己，非认为自己当下肉身将死。 |
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