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Appears in 20 chapters of the Analects, 4 taughtBu Shang 卜商

Courtesy names, other names
Zixia; Shang
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. 1.7Honouring the worthy over good looks

    子夏曰:賢賢易色,事父母能竭其力,事君能致其身,與朋友交言而有信。雖曰未學,吾必謂之學矣。

  2. 2.8Zixia asks about filial piety (the hard part is the face)

    子夏問孝。子曰:色難。有事,弟子服其勞;有酒食,先生饌,曾是以為孝乎?

  3. 3.8The painting comes after the white ground

    子夏問曰:巧笑倩兮,美目盼兮,素以為絢兮。何謂也?子曰:繪事後素。曰:禮後乎?子曰:起予者商也!始可與言詩已矣。

  4. 6.11Both are scholars: where is the difference?

    子謂子夏曰:女為君子儒,無為小人儒。

  5. 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。

  6. 11.15Who is the worthier, Shi or Shang?not yet taught

    子貢問:師與商也孰賢?子曰:師也過,商也不及。曰:然則師愈與?子曰:過猶不及。

  7. 12.5Sima Niu said sorrowfully: Everyone has brothersnot yet taught

    司馬牛憂曰:人皆有兄弟,我獨亡。子夏曰:商聞之矣:死生有命,富貴在天。君子敬而無失,與人恭而有禮。四海之內,皆兄弟也。君子何患乎無兄弟也?

  8. 12.22Fan Chi asked about humanenessnot yet taught

    樊遲問仁。子曰:愛人。問知。子曰:知人。樊遲未達。子曰:舉直錯諸枉,能使枉者直。樊遲退,見子夏。曰:鄉也,吾見於夫子而問知,子曰:舉直錯諸枉,能使枉者直。何謂也?子夏曰:富哉言乎!舜有天下,選於眾,舉皋陶,不仁者遠矣。湯有天下,選於眾,舉伊尹,不仁者遠矣。

  9. 13.17Zixia, as steward of Jufu, asked about governmentnot yet taught

    子夏為莒父宰,問政。子曰:無欲速,無見小利。欲速,則不達;見小利,則大事不成。

  10. 19.3Zixia's disciples asked Zizhang about making friendsnot yet taught

    子夏之門人問交於子張。子張曰:子夏云何?對曰:子夏曰:可者與之,其不可者拒之。子張曰:異乎吾所聞:君子尊賢而容眾,嘉善而矜不能。我之大賢與,於人何所不容?我之不賢與,人將拒我,如之何其拒人也?

  11. 19.4Even minor arts surely have something worth seeingnot yet taught

    子夏曰:雖小道,必有可觀者焉;致遠恐泥,是以君子不為也。

  12. 19.5One who each day learns what he did not know, and each month…not yet taught

    子夏曰:日知其所亡,月無忘其所能,可謂好學也已矣。

  13. 19.6Learn broadly and keep your aims firmnot yet taught

    子夏曰:博學而篤志,切問而近思,仁在其中矣。

  14. 19.7The hundred artisans stay in their workshops to complete their…not yet taught

    子夏曰:百工居肆以成其事,君子學以致其道。

  15. 19.8When the petty man errs, he is sure to gloss it overnot yet taught

    子夏曰:小人之過也必文。

  16. 19.9The gentleman has three aspectsnot yet taught

    子夏曰:君子有三變:望之儼然,即之也溫,聽其言也厲。

  17. 19.10The gentleman wins the trust of his people before he works themnot yet taught

    子夏曰:君子信而後勞其民,未信則以為厲己也;信而後諫,未信則以為謗己也。

  18. 19.11In great matters of virtue, do not overstep the boundsnot yet taught

    子夏曰:大德不逾閒,小德出入可也。

  19. 19.12Zixia's disciples and young followers are fine when it comes to…not yet taught

    子游曰:子夏之門人小子,當灑掃、應對、進退,則可矣。抑末也,本之則無。如之何?子夏聞之曰:噫!言遊過矣!君子之道,孰先傳焉?孰後倦焉?譬諸草木,區以別矣。君子之道,焉可誣也?有始有卒者,其惟聖人乎!

  20. 19.13When one in office has energy to spare, he should learnnot yet taught

    子夏曰:仕而優則學,學而優則仕。

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