Appears in 1 chapters of the Analects, 0 taughtJieni 桀溺

Who

Recluse who plowed alongside Changju; real name unknown

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. 18.6Changju and Jieni were ploughing side by sidenot yet taught

   長沮、桀溺耦而耕，孔子過之，使子路問津焉。長沮曰：夫執輿者為誰？子路曰：為孔丘。曰：是魯孔丘與？曰：是也。曰：是知津矣。問於桀溺，桀溺曰：子為誰？曰：為仲由。曰：是魯孔丘之徒與？對曰：然。曰：滔滔者天下皆是也，而誰以易之？且而與其從辟人之士也，豈若從辟世之士哉？耰而不輟。子路行以告。夫子憮然曰：鳥獸不可與同群，吾非斯人之徒與而誰與？天下有道，丘不與易也。

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