子曰：“由！诲汝，知之乎？知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。”
1The Master said, 'Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it;-- this is knowledge.'
Book 2, Passage 2.17
The Master said, 'Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you…
子曰：“由！诲汝，知之乎？知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。”
All 24 passages in Book 217 of 24
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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.
由：孔子的高足，姓仲，名由，字子路，卞（故城在今山东泗水县东五十里）人。
知：作动词用，知道。