The Wisdom of Zi Gong: “How Dare I Compare Myself with Hui?”

Zi Gong replied: How dare I compare myself with Hui? He hears one point and knows all; I hear one point and know a second.

Zi Gong replied, “How dare I compare myself with Hui? Hui hears one point and knows all about a subject; I hear one point, and know a second.”

对曰:“赐也何敢望回。回也闻一以知十,赐也闻一以知二。”

Source: The Analects, Gong Ye Chang V, Chapter 9

Author: Zi Gong

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