Appears in 6 chapters of the Analects, 3 taughtRan Yong 冉雍

Courtesy names, other names

Zhonggong; Yong

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. 5.4Yong is humane but not glib

   或曰：雍也仁而不佞。子曰：焉用佞？御人以口給，屢憎於人。不知其仁，焉用佞？

2. 6.1Why can one's affairs be simple but not one's heart?

   子曰：雍也可使南面。仲弓問子桑伯子。子曰：可也簡。仲弓曰：居敬而行簡，以臨其民，不亦可乎？居簡而行簡，無乃大簡乎？子曰：雍之言然。

3. 6.4Can someone of bad background be employed?

   子謂仲弓曰：犁牛之子騂且角，雖欲勿用，山川其舍諸？

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. 12.2Zhonggong asked about humanenessnot yet taught

   仲弓問仁。子曰：出門如見大賓，使民如承大祭。己所不欲，勿施於人。在邦無怨，在家無怨。仲弓曰：雍雖不敏，請事斯語矣。

6. 13.2Zhonggong, as steward of the Ji family, asked about governmentnot yet taught

   仲弓為季氏宰，問政。子曰：先有司，赦小過，舉賢才。曰：焉知賢才而舉之？曰：舉爾所知。爾所不知，人其舍諸？

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.