子曰:“吾犹及史之阙文也。有马者,借人乘之。今亡矣夫!”
1The Master said, 'Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who had a horse would lend him to another to ride. Now, alas! there are no such things.'
The Master said, 'Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who had a horse would lend him to another to ride. Now, alas!…
1The Master said, 'Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who had a horse would lend him to another to ride. Now, alas! there are no such things.'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
有马者,借人乘之:有人认为此句系错出,难以索解,存疑而已。
亡:无。