The Unhelpful Disciple: When Delight in the Master’s Words Replaces Debate

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Confucius said of Yan Hui: “He gives me no help, for he finds delight in everything I say.”

Hui gives me no assistance. There is nothing that I say in which he does not delight.

子曰：“回也非助我者也，于吾言无所不说。”

Source: The Analects, Xian Jin XI, Chapter 4

Author: Confucius

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