Question - Confucian Pages

Other Translations:

Zixia said, “Learning broadly and firmly retaining what one has learned, being incisive in one’s questioning and able to reflect upon what is near at hand—Goodness is to be found in this.”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

Zixia said, Broad in learning, dedicated in will, acute in questioning, reflecting on things close at hand—look for humaneness there.

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.

Analects 9.8

Leave a Comment / Analects, Analects - Book Nine

Original Text:

子曰吾有知乎哉无知也有鄙夫问于我空空如也我叩其两端而竭焉

Translation:

Other Translations:

The Master said, “Do I possess wisdom? No, I do not. [For example, recently] a common fellow asked a question of me, and I came up completely empty. But I discussed the problem with him from beginning to end until we finally got to the bottom of it.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

The Master said, Do I have knowledge? I have no special knowledge. But if an uneducated fellow comes to me with a question, I attack it with all sincerity, exploring it from end to end until I’ve exhausted it.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.