一孔录The video for this chapter is still in production. For now this page gives the original text, the facsimile page, a working translation and the commentary; the full reading follows when the video is out.
子曰：若聖與仁，則吾豈敢？抑為之不厭，誨人不倦，則可謂云爾已矣。公西華曰：正唯弟子不能學也。The Master said: As for sagehood and humaneness, how would I dare? But working at them without tiring and teaching others without weariness — that much may be said of me. Gongxi Hua said: That is exactly what we disciples cannot learn.
What this chapter says
一孔按：圣和仁，孔子说不敢当；只是做起来不厌，教人不倦，这一点可以说。公西华说：这正是弟子学不到的。不厌不倦，不是天生，是一直做下去。常有人问：孔子说“若圣与仁，则吾岂敢”，他不敢认圣人，那敢认什么？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：要说圣和仁，我哪里敢当？不过是朝着它去做而不厌倦，教导别人而不知疲倦，只可以这样说罢了。公西华说：这正是我们学生学不来的地方。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 7.2 默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦……
- People
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
Close reading and checking
For readers who want to go deeper or check our work: key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, textual variants, the commentaries in their own words with facsimile pages, pronunciation and corrections. Tap a heading to open it.
常The common reading
孔子说“若圣与仁，则吾岂敢”，他不敢认圣人，那敢认什么？
注Key words in the commentary
此亦夫子之谦辞也。圣者，大而化之；仁，则心德之全而人道之备也。为之，谓为仁圣之道。诲人，亦谓以此教人也。
核Zhu Xi's commentary, line by line
Zhu Xi's own words on each line of this chapter, each checked against the base-edition page. Other commentators are added when the chapter is covered. About this edition
| Line | Quoted text | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 抑为之不厌，诲人 | “此亦夫子之谦辞也。圣者，大而化之；仁，则心德之全而人道之备也。为之，谓为仁圣之道。诲人，亦谓以此教人也。然不厌不倦，非己有之则不能，所以弟子不能学也。” | page 104—105 |
| 公西华曰：正唯弟 | “当时有称夫子圣且仁者，以故夫子辞之。苟辞之而已焉，则无以进天下之材，率天下之善，将使圣与仁为虚器，而人终莫能至矣。故夫子虽不居仁圣，而必以为之不厌、诲人不倦自处也。可谓云尔已矣者，无他之辞也。公西华仰而叹之，其亦深知夫子之意矣。” | page 105 |
见Cross-references
- 抑为之不厌，诲人 Elsewhere in the Analects：子曰：默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦，何有于我哉？（《论语》集注分章7.2（底本第 91 页））
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
“孔子雖不受仁聖之目，而以此二事自許也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | fairly sure | 皆以圣仁为孔子不敢当、为学诲人不厌倦反显真有其道。钱将圣智古通称举出，朱以大而化之训圣、仁为心德全。 |
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