Appears in 4 chapters of the Analects, 3 taughtYou Ruo 有若

Courtesy names, other names

Youzi

Who

Disciple of Confucius

Relation to Confucius

Disciple

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. 1.2Filial and fraternal duty as the root of ren

   有子曰：其為人也孝弟，而好犯上者，鮮矣；不好犯上，而好作亂者，未之有也。君子務本，本立而道生。孝弟也者，其為仁之本與！

2. 1.12In the use of ritual, harmony is prized

   有子曰：禮之用，和為貴。先王之道，斯為美，小大由之。有所不行，知和而和，不以禮節之，亦不可行也。

3. 1.13Trust that comes close to what is right

   有子曰：信近於義，言可復也；恭近於禮，遠恥辱也；因不失其親，亦可宗也。

4. 12.9Duke Ai asked You Ruo: The harvest is poor and there is not…not yet taught

   哀公問於有若曰：年飢，用不足，如之何？有若對曰：盍徹乎？曰：二，吾猶不足，如之何其徹也？對曰：百姓足，君孰與不足？百姓不足，君孰與足？

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.