Appears in 1 chapters of the Analects, 0 taughtJieyu 接舆

Courtesy names, other names

Jieyu, the Madman of Chu

Who

Man of Chu who feigned madness to withdraw from the world

Relation to Confucius

Encountered Confucius or his disciples; 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. 18.5Jieyu, the madman of Chu, passed Confucius singing: Phoenix!not yet taught

   楚狂接輿歌而過孔子曰：鳳兮！鳳兮！何德之衰？往者不可諫，來者猶可追。已而，已而！今之從政者殆而！孔子下，欲與之言。趨而辟之，不得與之言。

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