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子游曰：吾友張也，為難能也。然而未仁。Ziyou said: My friend Zhang does what is hard to do. Yet he is not yet humane.
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子游说，自己的朋友子张做到了难能的事，却还没有达到仁。
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，張子為人容貌堂堂，儀之難及者也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 未仁 | word sense | fairly sure | 杨译难能可贵尚未仁，朱以子张行高而少诚实恻怛说明；不能据杨无注假称其同意全部性格诊断。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以子张高广难能却少平实诚恻、未到仁，不把才性出众本身等于仁德；仁须能与人相处。 |
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