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子夏曰：小人之過也必文。Zixia said: When the petty man errs, he is sure to gloss it over.
白Plain Chinese
子夏说，小人有了过错，一定要加以掩饰。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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- 子夏曰：小人之过 Commentary：小人惮于改过，而不惮于自欺，故必文以重其过。（朱熹《论语集注》卷十·子张第8章（底本第 255 页））
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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 十
“君子有過，是已誤行非，故云過也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 文读去声、文饰过错，非作文记录错误；朱明自欺重过，杨译掩饰。 | |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以文为文饰，小人惮改过而自欺、又饰之使过更重，非正常解释失误缘由皆属文过。 |
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