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子曰：年四十而見惡焉，其終也已。The Master said: One who is still disliked at forty will end that way.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，到了四十岁还被人厌恶，这个人也就到此为止了。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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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 九
“年未四十則在不惑之時，當猶為眾人所觀瞻。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 终也已 | word sense | fairly sure | 杨以已为停止之动词、终为所终，朱释止于此而勉及时改；共同警四十仍恶，不知所指何人。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以四十尚见恶须警及时改过，不足再期待其善成；钱兼列孔子自叹说但未定人，朱引苏氏称不知为谁而发。 |
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