The Analects论语

Book 15, Passage 15.26

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!…

子曰:“吾犹及史之阙文也。有马者,借人乘之。今亡矣夫!”
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1 sentences · 2 notes
子zǐ曰yuē:“吾wú犹yóu及jí史shǐ之zhī阙quē文wén也yě。有yǒu马mǎ者zhě,借jiè人rén乘chéng之zhī。今jīn亡wú矣yǐ夫fú!”

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.'

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

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。

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