问：「孔子曰：『回也非助我者也。』是圣人果以相助望门弟子否？」
先生曰：「亦是实话。此道本无穷尽，问难愈多，则精微愈显。圣人之言，本自周遍，但有问难的人胸中窒碍，圣人被他一难，发挥得愈加精神。若颜子闻一知十，胸中了然，如何得问难？故圣人亦寂然不动，无所发挥，故曰『非助』。」
问：「孔子说『回也非助我者也』，圣人果真是以相助期望门下弟子吗？」
先生说：「也是实话。此道本无穷尽，问难越多，精微越显。圣人的话本自周全，但遇有问难的人胸中窒碍，圣人被他一难，发挥得愈加精神。像颜子闻一知十，胸中了然，哪里还会有问难？所以圣人也就寂然不动，无所发挥，所以说『非助』。」
Asked: 'Confucius said Hui is no help to me — did the sage truly look to his disciples for help?'
The Master said: 'It was the plain truth. The Way is past exhausting; the more the questioning, the finer it shows. The sage's words are whole of themselves; but when one questions with a blocked breast, the sage, pressed, unfolds them all the more brightly. Yan Hui, hearing one, knew ten, all clear within — what room for questioning? So with him the sage rested still, nothing to unfold: hence no help.'