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：語之而不惰者，其回也與！The Master said: One who never grew lax when I spoke to him — that was Hui!
What this chapter says
一孔按：跟他讲了从不懈怠的，只有颜回。他听了就懂、懂了就做，像庄稼得了及时雨。常有人问：“语之而不惰者，其回也与”，为什么只有颜回？上面是一孔录的回答。
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白Plain Chinese
孔子说：我讲给他听，他从不松懈走神，这样的人，就是颜回吧！
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Other books
- Cited by commentatorsDaodejing 41: Su Zhe explains "When the superior scholar hears the Dao, he practices it diligently" (上士闻道，勤而行之) and says Yan Hui was just such a superior scholar.
- 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
“语之而不惰者，其回也与”，为什么只有颜回？
注Key words in the commentary
颜子闻夫子之言，而心解力行，造次颠沛，未尝违之。如万物得时雨之润，发荣滋长，何有于惰，此群弟子所不及也。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 子曰：语之而不惰 | “颜子闻夫子之言，而心解力行，造次颠沛，未尝违之。如万物得时雨之润，发荣滋长，何有于惰，此群弟子所不及也。” | page 125 |
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 五
“與，歎辭也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | same | fairly sure | 同训惰为懈怠，颜子闻教心解力行而不惰；钱特别区分答疑与语其未至，见颜子触类旁通之高。 |
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