Appears in 1 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtThe Three Families 三家

Courtesy names, other names

Jisun clan; Mengsun clan; Shusun clan

Who

Collective name for the three families of Lu, not a single person

Relation to Confucius

Kept under the original collective name, not split into unattested clan heads

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. 3.2The three families clear away to the Yong

   三家者以雍徹。子曰：相維辟公，天子穆穆，奚取於三家之堂？

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