先生曰：「为学大病在好名。」
侃曰：「从前岁自谓此病已轻，比来精察，乃知全未。岂必务外为人，只闻誉而喜，闻毁而闷，即是此病发来？」
曰：「最是。名与实对，务实之心重一分，则务名之心轻一分；全是务实之心，即全无务名之心；若务实之心如饥之求食，渴之求饮，安得更有工夫好名？」
又曰：「『疾没世而名不称』，『称』字去声读，亦『声闻过情，君子耻之』之意。实不称名，生犹可补，没则无及矣。『四十五十而无闻』，是不闻道，非无声闻也。孔子云：『是闻也，非达也。』安肯以此望人？」
先生说：「为学的大病在于好名。」
薛侃说：「从前年自己以为这个病已轻了，近来精细省察，才知道全未去除。难道一定是向外表现给人看？只要听到赞誉就喜、听到毁谤就闷，就是这个病发作了。」
先生说：「正是。名与实相对：务实的心重一分，务名的心便轻一分；全是务实的心，便全无务名之心。如果务实之心像饿了求食、渴了求饮，哪还有工夫好名？」
又说：「『疾没世而名不称』的『称』字要读去声，也是『名声超过实情，君子引以为耻』的意思。实不称名，活着还可以弥补，死了就来不及了。『四十五十而无闻』，是没有听闻大道，不是没有名声。孔子说：『那是闻，不是达。』他怎么肯拿这个期待别人？」
The Master said: 'The great disease of learning is love of fame.'
Xue Kan said: 'A year ago I thought this disease had eased; examining finely of late, I find it wholly unremoved. Must it show itself outwardly? To brighten at praise and darken at blame — is that not the disease breaking out?'
The Master said: 'Exactly. Fame pairs with substance: one part more heart for substance is one part less for fame; all heart for substance, and no room for fame remains. If the heart for substance were like hunger seeking food and thirst seeking drink, what leisure would be left for loving fame?'
He added: 'In grieving to die without a name that answers — read the word in the fourth tone — is also the sense of reputation outstripping reality, which the noble person shames. Where name outruns substance, while alive one may yet repair it; dead, it is too late. Not heard of at forty or fifty means not hearing the Way, not lacking repute. Confucius said: that is being heard of, not pervading. How would he wish that on anyone?'