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.
子謂顏淵，曰：惜乎！吾見其進也，未見其止也。Speaking of Yan Yuan, the Master said: What a pity! I saw him go forward; I never saw him stop.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子说颜渊可惜了，我只见他进，没见他停。可惜的是这样一直进的人早死了。常有人问：颜渊死后孔子说“惜乎，吾见其进也，未见其止也”，可惜在哪里？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子谈到颜渊，说：可惜啊！我只见他不断前进，从没见他停下来。
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
颜渊死后孔子说“惜乎，吾见其进也，未见其止也”，可惜在哪里？
注Key words in the commentary
进止二字，说见上章。颜子既死而孔子惜之，言其方进而未已也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 吾见其进也，未见 | “进止二字，说见上章。颜子既死而孔子惜之，言其方进而未已也。” | page 126 |
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 五
“顏淵死後，孔子有此歎也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认为颜子既死而孔子惜其方进未止，进止接前为山之喻；非对尚生颜子作负面止步评语。 |
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