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Appears in 15 chapters of the Analects, 3 taughtZeng Shen 曾参

Courtesy names, other names
Zengzi; Ziyu; Shen
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. 1.4Three things I examine myself on daily

    曾子曰:吾日三省吾身:為人謀而不忠乎?與朋友交而不信乎?傳不習乎?

  2. 1.9Care at the end, remembrance of the distant

    曾子曰:慎終追遠,民德歸厚矣。

  3. 4.15My Way is threaded through by one

    子曰:參乎!吾道一以貫之。曾子曰:唯。子出,門人問曰:何謂也?曾子曰:夫子之道,忠恕而已矣。

  4. 8.3Zengzi was ill and called his disciples: Uncover my feet!not yet taught

    曾子有疾,召門弟子曰:啟予足!啟予手!詩云戰戰兢兢,如臨深淵,如履薄冰。而今而後,吾知免夫!小子!

  5. 8.4Zengzi was ill and Meng Jingzi came to ask after himnot yet taught

    曾子有疾,孟敬子問之。曾子言曰:鳥之將死,其鳴也哀;人之將死,其言也善。君子所貴乎道者三:動容貌,斯遠暴慢矣;正顏色,斯近信矣;出辭氣,斯遠鄙倍矣。籩豆之事,則有司存。

  6. 8.5Able, yet asking those less ablenot yet taught

    曾子曰:以能問於不能,以多問於寡;有若無,實若虛;犯而不校。昔者吾友嘗從事於斯矣。

  7. 8.6One who can be entrusted with an orphaned young ruler, who can…not yet taught

    曾子曰:可以託六尺之孤,可以寄百里之命,臨大節而不可奪也。君子人與?君子人也。

  8. 8.7A scholar must be broad and resolute, for his burden is heavy…not yet taught

    曾子曰:士不可以不弘毅,任重而道遠。仁以為己任,不亦重乎?死而後已,不亦遠乎?

  9. 11.17Chai is simple, Shen is slow, Shi is showy, You is coarsenot yet taught

    柴也愚,參也魯,師也辟,由也喭。

  10. 12.24The gentleman gathers friends through culture, and through…not yet taught

    曾子曰:君子以文會友,以友輔仁。

  11. 14.28The gentleman does not let his thoughts go beyond his positionnot yet taught

    曾子曰:君子思不出其位。

  12. 19.16How imposing Zhang is! It is hard to practice humaneness…not yet taught

    曾子曰:堂堂乎張也,難與並為仁矣。

  13. 19.17I have heard from the Master: People never give themselves…not yet taught

    曾子曰:吾聞諸夫子:人未有自致者也,必也親喪乎!

  14. 19.18I have heard from the Master: As for the filial piety of Meng…not yet taught

    曾子曰:吾聞諸夫子:孟莊子之孝也,其他可能也;其不改父之臣,與父之政,是難能也。

  15. 19.19The Meng family made Yang Fu chief judge, and he asked Zengzi…not yet taught

    孟氏使陽膚為士師,問於曾子。曾子曰:上失其道,民散久矣。如得其情,則哀矜而勿喜。

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