Book 15, Passage 15.3

The Master said, 'Ts'ze, you think, I suppose, that I am one who learns many things and keeps them in memory?'

子曰：“赐也，女以予为多学而识之者与？”对曰：“然。非与？”曰：…

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3 sentences · 2 notes

子zǐ曰yuē：“赐cì也yě，女rǔ以yǐ予yú为wéi多duō学xué而ér识zhì之zhī者zhě与yú？”对duì曰yuē：“然rán。非fēi与yú？”曰yuē：“非fēi也yě。予yú一yī以yǐ贯guàn之zhī。”

1The Master said, 'Ts'ze, you think, I suppose, that I am one who learns many things and keeps them in memory?'

2Tsze-kung replied, 'Yes,-- but perhaps it is not so?'

3'No,' was the answer; 'I seek a unity all-pervading.'

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

识：通“志”，记住。

一以贯之：即以忠恕之道贯穿着它。参见《里仁第四》第十五章。