Appears in 5 chapters of the Analects, 3 taughtZai Yu 宰予

Courtesy names, other names

Zai Wo; Yu

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. 3.21Duke Ai asks about the altar of the soil

   哀公問社於宰我。宰我對曰：夏后氏以松，殷人以柏，周人以栗，曰：使民戰慄。子聞之，曰：成事不說，遂事不諫，既往不咎。

2. 5.9Zai Yu slept in the daytime

   宰予晝寢。子曰：朽木不可雕也，糞土之牆不可杇也，於予與何誅？子曰：始吾於人也，聽其言而信其行；今吾於人也，聽其言而觀其行。於予與改是。

3. 6.24井有仁焉

   宰我問曰：仁者，雖告之曰：井有仁焉，其從之也？子曰：何為其然也？君子可逝也，不可陷也；可欺也，不可罔也。

4. 11.2Those who followed me in Chen and Cai are no longer at my gatenot yet taught

   子曰：從我於陳、蔡者，皆不及門也。德行：顏淵，閔子騫，冉伯牛，仲弓。言語：宰我，子貢。政事：冉有，季路。文學：子游，子夏。

5. 17.21Three years of mourning — a year is already long enoughnot yet taught

   宰我問：三年之喪，期已久矣。君子三年不為禮，禮必壞；三年不為樂，樂必崩。舊穀既沒，新穀既升，鑽燧改火，期可已矣。子曰：食夫稻，衣夫錦，於女安乎？曰：安。女安則為之！夫君子之居喪，食旨不甘，聞樂不樂，居處不安，故不為也。今女安，則為之！宰我出。子曰：予之不仁也！子生三年，然後免於父母之懷。夫三年之喪，天下之通喪也。予也有三年之愛於其父母乎？

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