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。”
1The Master said, 'Am I indeed possessed of knowledge? I am not knowing. But if a mean person, who appears quite empty-like, ask anything of me, I set it forth from one end to the other, and exhaust it.'
Book 9, Passage 9.8
The Master said, 'Am I indeed possessed of knowledge? I am not knowing. But if a mean person, who appears quite empty-like, ask anything of me, I set it forth…
子曰：“吾有知乎哉？无知也。有鄙夫问于我，空空如也，”…
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Chinese commentary · 1 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
叩其两端而竭焉：指孔子就农夫所问的问题，从首尾两头开始反过来叩问他，一步步问到穷竭处，问题就不解自明了。叩，叩问。两端，指鄙夫所问问题的首尾。竭，尽。