一孔录子曰：默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦，何有於我哉？What this chapter says
一孔按：默记在心、学不嫌够、教不嫌累，本不算圣人的顶点，孔子还说自己没做到，是谦上加谦。今例：夜里还在批作业的老师，被夸时说自己还差得远。常有人问“孔子为什么说这三样他一样也没做到”，上面是一孔录的回答。
白Plain Chinese
孔子说：不出声地把学到的记牢，自己求学永不满足，教导旁人永不厌烦，这几件事，我身上哪样算有了呢？
A plain modern-Chinese rendering following Yikonglu's reading.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 7.33 若聖與仁，則吾豈敢？抑為之不……
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
孔子为什么说这三样他一样也没做到？
注Key words in the commentary
“识”读志。“识，记也。默识，谓不言而存诸心也”；“何有于我，言何者能有于我也”。
说What other commentators say
朱注并录“一说：识，知也，不言而心解也。前说近是”；“三者已非圣人之极至，而犹不敢当，则谦而又谦之辞也”。
家Other commentaries
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 四
“云默而識之者，見事心識，而口不言，謂之默識也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 何有 | differs | fairly sure | 钱取有何难、为承当辞；朱取何者能有于我、为谦而又谦。默识均主取默记存心。 |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | same | settled | 识主读志、记住，何有于我为谦辞；杨另存不难说，朱亦存识作知说但不主取。 |
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Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “识，记也……则谦而又谦之辞也” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 91 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 识 | 默而识之、识，记也、默识 | zhì |
| 厌 | 学而不厌 | yàn |
| 诲 | 诲人 | huì |
| 倦 | 不倦 | juàn |
页Pages of the base edition
Yikonglu, Analects 述而第七 7.2 “默而识之”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/shu-er/2.html, version 2026-11-15.Last checked: 2026-11-15. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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