Appears in 2 chapters of the Analects, 0 taughtGongshu Wenzi 公叔文子

Courtesy names, other names

Gongsun Ba

Who

Grandee of Wei

Relation to Confucius

Mentioned or in dialogue in the text; see this chapter

Source

The text of each chapter; identity follows Zhu Xi's commentary (Sibu beiyao edition of the Collected Commentaries on the Four Books)

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Chapters in the Analects

1. 14.14The Master asked Gongming Jia about Gongshu Wenzi: Is it true…not yet taught

   子問公叔文子於公明賈曰：信乎，夫子不言、不笑、不取乎？公明賈對曰：以告者過也。夫子時然後言，人不厭其言；樂然後笑，人不厭其笑；義然後取，人不厭其取。子曰：其然，豈其然乎？

2. 14.19Zhuan, a household officer of Gongshu Wenzi, rose together with…not yet taught

   公叔文子之臣大夫僎，與文子同升諸公。子聞之曰：可以為文矣。

In this site's chapter order. Chapters already taught include our reading and the commentators' original pages. Chapters marked “not yet taught” have the original text and the commentaries.