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：回也非助我者也，於吾言無所不說。The Master said: Hui is no help to me; there is nothing I say that he is not pleased with.
What this chapter says
一孔按：颜回不是帮我的人，我说的他没有不喜欢的。像是埋怨他不提问，其实是深喜：他默识心通，用不着疑问。常有人问：孔子说“回也非助我者也”，是在埋怨颜回吗？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说，颜回不是能帮助我提出新见解的人，他对我说的话，没有不领会喜悦的。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Close reading and checking
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常The common reading
孔子说“回也非助我者也”，是在埋怨颜回吗？
注Key words in the commentary
助我，若子夏之起予，因疑问而有以相长也。颜子于圣人之言，默识心通，无所疑问。故夫子云然，其辞若有憾焉，其实乃深喜之。
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：回也非助我 | “助我，若子夏之起予，因疑问而有以相长也。颜子于圣人之言，默识心通，无所疑问。故夫子云然，其辞若有憾焉，其实乃深喜之。” | page 142 |
| 子曰：回也非助我 | “夫子之于回，岂真以助我望之？盖圣人之谦德，又以深赞颜子云尔。” | page 142 |
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 六
“聖人為教，須賢啟發。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同认为回闻言即解无疑问，非助我表似遗憾实为喜赞；不是责颜子无益于师。 |
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