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Appears in 21 chapters of the Analects, 7 taughtYan Hui 颜回

Courtesy names, other names
Yan Yuan; Hui
Who
Disciple of Confucius
Relation to Confucius
Disciple
Source
The text of each chapter; identity follows Zhu Xi's commentary (Sibu beiyao edition of the Collected Commentaries on the Four Books)

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Chapters in the Analects

  1. 2.9Hui is not slow

    子曰:吾與回言終日,不違如愚。退而省其私,亦足以發,回也不愚。

  2. 5.8Who is better, you or Hui?

    子謂子貢曰:女與回也孰愈?對曰:賜也何敢望回?回也聞一以知十,賜也聞一以知二。子曰:弗如也!吾與女弗如也。

  3. 5.25Why was Confucius' wish greater than Zilu's and Yan Yuan's?

    顏淵、季路侍。子曰:盍各言爾志?子路曰:願車馬、衣輕裘,與朋友共。敝之而無憾。顏淵曰:願無伐善,無施勞。子路曰:願聞子之志。子曰:老者安之,朋友信之,少者懷之。

  4. 6.2Why is Confucius' “love of learning” not about reading a lot?

    哀公問:弟子孰為好學?孔子對曰:有顏回者好學,不遷怒,不貳過。不幸短命死矣!今也則亡,未聞好學者也。

  5. 6.5Where did Yan Hui differ from the others?

    子曰:回也,其心三月不違仁,其餘則日月至焉而已矣。

  6. 6.9So poor, what was Yan Hui happy about?

    子曰:賢哉,回也!一簞食,一瓢飲,在陋巷。人不堪其憂,回也不改其樂。賢哉,回也!

  7. 7.10用之则行,舍之则藏

    子謂顏淵曰:用之則行,舍之則藏;唯我與爾有是夫。子路曰:子行三軍,則誰與?子曰:暴虎馮河,死而無悔者,吾不與也。必也,臨事而懼,好謀而成者也。

  8. 9.10Yan Yuan sighed deeply and said: The more I look up to it, the…not yet taught

    顏淵喟然嘆曰:仰之彌高,鑽之彌堅;瞻之在前,忽焉在後。夫子循循然善誘人,博我以文,約我以禮。欲罷不能,既竭吾才,如有所立卓爾。雖欲從之,末由也已。

  9. 9.19One who never grew lax when I spoke to him — that was Hui!not yet taught

    子曰:語之而不惰者,其回也與!

  10. 9.20Speaking of Yan Yuan, the Master said: What a pity!not yet taught

    子謂顏淵,曰:惜乎!吾見其進也,未見其止也。

  11. 11.2Those who followed me in Chen and Cai are no longer at my gatenot yet taught

    子曰:從我於陳、蔡者,皆不及門也。德行:顏淵,閔子騫,冉伯牛,仲弓。言語:宰我,子貢。政事:冉有,季路。文學:子游,子夏。

  12. 11.3Hui is no help to me; there is nothing I say that he is not…not yet taught

    子曰:回也非助我者也,於吾言無所不說。

  13. 11.6Ji Kangzi asked which of the disciples loved learningnot yet taught

    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。

  14. 11.7When Yan Yuan died, Yan Lu asked for the Master's carriage to…not yet taught

    顏淵死,顏路請子之車以為之槨。子曰:才不才,亦各言其子也。鯉也死,有棺而無槨。吾不徒行以為之槨。以吾從大夫之後,不可徒行也。

  15. 11.8When Yan Yuan died, the Master said: Alas!not yet taught

    顏淵死。子曰:噫!天喪予!天喪予!

  16. 11.9When Yan Yuan died, the Master wept for him with abandonnot yet taught

    顏淵死,子哭之慟。從者曰:子慟矣。曰:有慟乎?非夫人之為慟而誰為!

  17. 11.10When Yan Yuan died, the disciples wanted to give him a lavish…not yet taught

    顏淵死,門人欲厚葬之,子曰:不可。門人厚葬之。子曰:回也視予猶父也,予不得視猶子也。非我也,夫二三子也。

  18. 11.18Hui comes close, yet he is often in wantnot yet taught

    子曰:回也其庶乎,屢空。賜不受命,而貨殖焉,億則屢中。

  19. 11.22The Master was in peril in Kuang, and Yan Yuan fell behindnot yet taught

    子畏於匡,顏淵後。子曰:吾以女為死矣。曰:子在,回何敢死?

  20. 12.1Yan Yuan asked about humanenessnot yet taught

    顏淵問仁。子曰:克己復禮為仁。一日克己復禮,天下歸仁焉。為仁由己,而由人乎哉?顏淵曰:請問其目。子曰:非禮勿視,非禮勿聽,非禮勿言,非禮勿動。顏淵曰:回雖不敏,請事斯語矣。

  21. 15.10Yan Yuan asked about governing a statenot yet taught

    顏淵問為邦。子曰:行夏之時,乘殷之輅,服周之冕,樂則韶舞。放鄭聲,遠佞人。鄭聲淫,佞人殆。

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