Appears in 3 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtNan Rong 南容

Courtesy names, other names

Nangong Kuo; Nangong Tao; Zirong

Who

Disciple of Confucius according to Zhu Xi's commentary

Relation to Confucius

Disciple; married the daughter of Confucius's elder brother

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. 5.1Gongye Chang is fit to be given a wife

   子謂公冶長：可妻也。雖在縲紲之中，非其罪也。以其子妻之。子謂南容：邦有道不廢，邦無道免於刑戮。以其兄之子妻之。

2. 11.5Nan Rong repeated the lines on the white jade tablet three…not yet taught

   南容三復白圭，孔子以其兄之子妻之。

3. 14.6Nangong Kuo asked Confucius: Yi was a fine archer and Ao could…not yet taught

   南宮适問於孔子曰：羿善射，奡盪舟，俱不得其死然；禹稷躬稼，而有天下。夫子不答，南宮适出。子曰：君子哉若人！尚德哉若人！

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.