一孔录子曰：吾与回言终日，不违如愚。退而省其私，亦足以发，回也不愚。Tap any sentence of the original to copy it with its source.
注Key words in the commentary
“不违者，意不相背，有听受而无问难也”；“私，谓燕居独处”；“发，谓发明所言之理”。
家What other commentators say
孔安国（《集解》）看颜回给同学讲论；朱熹引其师李侗“默识心融，触处洞然”。
读How Yikonglu reads it
课堂外才看得出学没学会。
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 · Zhibuzu Zhai edition · juan 一
“云吾與回言終日不違如愚者，此章美顏淵之德也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 退而省其私 | word sense | 杨译颜回退下自行研习发挥；朱以孔子省察颜回退居时言行为主。杨亦承认朱说可通。 |
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | 私 | word sense | 钱指离师后的言行，不取燕居独处；朱以燕居独处为私。 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| “回，孔子弟子，姓颜，字子渊；不违者，意不相背，有听受而无问难也；私，谓燕居独处，非进见请问之时；发，谓发明所言之理” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 29 |
| paraphrase察其退还与二三子说释道义，发明大体，知其不愚 | 何晏《论语集解》引孔安国 | other edition |
| “愚闻之师曰：颜子深潜纯粹，其于圣人体段已具。其闻夫子之言，默识心融，触处洞然，自有条理。故终日言，但见其不违如愚之人而已。及退省其私，则见其日用动静语默之间，皆足以发明夫子之道” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 29 |
音Pronunciation
| Character | In the line | Read as |
|---|---|---|
| 省 | 退而省其私 | xǐng |
页Pages of the base edition
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