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.
季康子問：弟子孰為好學？孔子對曰：有顏回者好學，不幸短命死矣！今也則亡。Ji Kangzi asked which of the disciples loved learning. Confucius replied: There was Yan Hui who loved learning. Unfortunately, his life was short and he died. Now there is no one.
What this chapter says
一孔按：季康子问弟子谁好学，孔子只说颜回不幸短命，没有再说。哀公问时答得详，对季康子答得简，朱注说这是君臣之礼与教诲之道的分别。常有人问“季康子问弟子谁好学，孔子为什么比回答哀公说得短”，上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
季康子问哪位弟子好学，孔子回答，有个颜回很好学，不幸短命死了，如今再没有这样的人了。
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 6.2 哀公問：弟子孰為好學？孔子對……
- 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
季康子问弟子谁好学，孔子为什么比回答哀公说得短？
注Key words in the commentary
哀公、康子问同而对有详略者，臣之告君，不可不尽。若康子者，必待其能问乃告之，此教诲之道也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 今也则亡。 | “哀公、康子问同而对有详略者，臣之告君，不可不尽。若康子者，必待其能问乃告之，此教诲之道也。” | page 143 |
见Cross-references
- 孔子对曰：有颜回 Elsewhere in the Analects：孔子对曰：有颜回者好学，不迁怒，不贰过。（《论语》集注分章6.2（底本第 76 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 六
“康子之問此，與哀公問同，而答異者，舊有二通。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同对比哀公与康子问好学而答有详略。钱兼列臣告君当尽、权臣私用人才之解释，朱主取君臣及待其能问再告的施教分寸。 |
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