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子曰：作者七人矣。The Master said: Seven men have done so.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子说起而隐去的已有七人。不必指实是谁，是叹世乱而贤者多隐。常有人问：孔子说“作者七人矣”，这七个起而隐去的人是谁？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，起身退隐的，已有七个人了。
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
孔子说“作者七人矣”，这七个起而隐去的人是谁？
见Cross-references
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 七
“言此謂避世，已下自古已來作者唯七人而已矣。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训作为起而隐去，七人姓名无确据不可强实；钱仍联系前章看世乱之叹，不因分章便割断语意。 |
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