Appears in 4 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtGuan Zhong 管仲

Courtesy names, other names

Guan Shi

Who

Chancellor of Qi

Relation to Confucius

Mentioned in the text or in dialogue; 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. 3.22Guan Zhong's capacity was small

   子曰：管仲之器小哉！或曰：管仲儉乎？曰：管氏有三歸，官事不攝，焉得儉？然則管仲知禮乎？曰：邦君樹塞門，管氏亦樹塞門；邦君為兩君之好，有反坫，管氏亦有反坫。管氏而知禮，孰不知禮？

2. 14.10Someone asked about Zichannot yet taught

   或問子產。子曰：惠人也。問子西。曰：彼哉！彼哉！問管仲。曰：人也。奪伯氏駢邑三百，飯疏食，沒齒無怨言。

3. 14.17Duke Huan had Prince Jiu killednot yet taught

   子路曰：桓公殺公子糾，召忽死之，管仲不死。曰：未仁乎？子曰：桓公九合諸侯，不以兵車，管仲之力也。如其仁！如其仁！

4. 14.18Was Guan Zhong not inhumane?not yet taught

   子貢曰：管仲非仁者與？桓公殺公子糾，不能死，又相之。子曰：管仲相桓公，霸諸侯，一匡天下，民到於今受其賜。微管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣。豈若匹夫匹婦之為諒也，自經於溝瀆而莫之知也。

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.