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：不曰如之何如之何者，吾末如之何也已矣。The Master said: With one who never asks, 'What should I do? What should I do?', I can do nothing at all.
What this chapter says
一孔按：不说“怎么办，怎么办”的人，我也拿他没办法。熟思审处才会这样问；不想就乱做，圣人也无可奈何。常有人问：孔子说不问“如之何如之何”的人他也没办法，为什么？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，不肯反复想该怎么办的人，我也拿他没有办法。
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 9.23 法語之言，能無從乎？改之為貴……
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
孔子说不问“如之何如之何”的人他也没办法，为什么？
注Key words in the commentary
如之何如之何者，熟思而审处之辞也。不如是而妄行，虽圣人亦无如之何矣。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：不曰如之何 | “如之何如之何者，熟思而审处之辞也。不如是而妄行，虽圣人亦无如之何矣。” | page 213 |
见Cross-references
- 子曰：不曰如之何 Elsewhere in the Analects：说而不绎，从而不改，吾末如之何也已矣。（《论语》集注分章9.23（底本第 126 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 八
“云不曰如之何者，不曰猶不謂也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以反复如之何为熟思审处，不愿自思者虽圣人无可助；末为无，不是给不成熟的问题禁止提问。 |
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