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子游曰：子夏之門人小子，當灑掃、應對、進退，則可矣。抑末也，本之則無。如之何？子夏聞之曰：噫！言遊過矣！君子之道，孰先傳焉？孰後倦焉？譬諸草木，區以別矣。君子之道，焉可誣也？有始有卒者，其惟聖人乎！Ziyou said: Zixia's disciples and young followers are fine when it comes to sprinkling and sweeping, answering and responding, coming forward and withdrawing. But these are mere branches; of the root they have nothing. What about that? Zixia heard this and said: Ah, Yan You is mistaken! In the way of the gentleman, what is to be taught first, and what is to be left until later? It is like plants, which are sorted into kinds. How can the way of the gentleman be falsified? Having both beginning and end — only the sage, perhaps!
白Plain Chinese
子游批评子夏的学生会洒扫、应对、进退，却只有末节、没有根本，子夏听到后说，言游说错了，君子之道，哪里是有的先传授，有的后来便厌倦不教，学习者像草木各有类别，怎能不顾差别而妄教。能从开始到终了全都贯通的，恐怕只有圣人。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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皇侃《论语义疏》Liang dynasty · 1750 Japanese woodblock edition · juan 十
“云子游曰云云者，門人小子謂子夏之弟子也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 倦 | word sense | fairly sure | 杨译最后讲述，朱保倦字为不倦并论不可先传本而后倦末；皆反对道分本末而诬教，句法未全同。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以教学循序、因学者程度如草木各别，不可一概骤授高远。钱不谓子游所忧本末全非，朱也从小学大学本末相贯发明。 |
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