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：賜也，女以予為多學而識之者與？對曰：然，非與？曰：非也，予一以貫之。The Master said: Ci, do you think I am someone who has learned a great deal and remembers it all? He replied: Yes. Is it not so? The Master said: No. I have one thread running through it all.
What this chapter says
一孔按：孔子问子贡，你以为我是多学而记住的吗？子贡说是。孔子说不是，我是一以贯之。多学多记是功夫，贯穿它们的那一个理，才是学问的根。常有人问：孔子问子贡“女以予为多学而识之者与”，学得多记得牢算不算会学？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子问子贡，你以为我是学得多、记得多的人吗，子贡说，是，难道不是吗；孔子说，不是，我以一个根本道理贯通它们。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
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- Cited by commentatorsDaodejing 48: Su Zhe goes on to cite Confucius asking Zigong: "I am not one who learns much and remembers it. I have one thread running through it all." This, Su says, is exactly "in pursuing the Dao, one loses daily" (为道日损).
- 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
孔子问子贡“女以予为多学而识之者与”，学得多记得牢算不算会学？
注Key words in the commentary
子贡之学，多而能识矣。夫子欲其知所本也，故问以发之。
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：赐也，女以 | “子贡之学，多而能识矣。夫子欲其知所本也，故问以发之。” | page 207—208 |
| 子曰：赐也，女以 | “方信而忽疑，盖其积学功至，而亦将有得也。” | page 207—208 |
| 对曰：然，非与？ | “说见第四篇。然彼以行言，而此以知言也。” | page 207—208 |
| 曰：非也，予一以 | “圣人之道大矣，人不能遍观而尽识，宜其以为多学而识之也。然圣人岂务博者哉？如天之于众形，匪物物刻而雕之也。” | page 208 |
| 曰：非也，予一以 | “孔子之于曾子，不待其问而直告之以此，曾子复深谕之曰‘唯’。若子贡则先发其疑而后告之，而子贡终亦不能如曾子之唯也。” | page 208 |
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
“時人見孔子多識，並謂孔子多學世事而識之，故孔子問子貢而釋之也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同以识为记，孔子道有一贯之本、不能仅以闻多记熟尽之；子贡然又疑是积学将得，不是轻忽博学。 |
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