Appears in 5 chapters of the Analects, 2 taughtGongxi Chi 公西赤

Courtesy names, other names

Gongxi Hua; Zihua; Chi

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. 5.7Meng Wubo asked whether Zilu was humane

   孟武伯問：子路仁乎？子曰：不知也。又問。子曰：由也，千乘之國，可使治其賦也，不知其仁也。求也何如？子曰：求也，千室之邑，百乘之家，可使為之宰也，不知其仁也。赤也何如？子曰：赤也，束帶立於朝，可使與賓客言也，不知其仁也。

2. 6.3Why did Confucius give one man little grain and another a lot?

   子華使於齊，冉子為其母請粟。子曰：與之釜。請益。曰：與之庾。冉子與之粟五秉。子曰：赤之適齊也，乘肥馬，衣輕裘。吾聞之也，君子周急不繼富。原思為之宰，與之粟九百，辭。子曰：毋！以與爾鄰里鄉黨乎！

3. 7.33As for sagehood and humaneness, how would I dare?not yet taught

   子曰：若聖與仁，則吾豈敢？抑為之不厭，誨人不倦，則可謂云爾已矣。公西華曰：正唯弟子不能學也。

4. 11.21Should I act at once on what I hear?not yet taught

   子路問：聞斯行諸？子曰：有父兄在，如之何其聞斯行之？冉有問：聞斯行諸？子曰：聞斯行之。公西華曰：由也問聞斯行諸，子曰有父兄在；求也問聞斯行諸，子曰聞斯行之。赤也惑，敢問。子曰：求也退，故進之；由也兼人，故退之。

5. 11.25Zilu, Zeng Xi, Ran You, and Gongxi Hua sat in attendancenot yet taught

   子路、曾皙、冉有、公西華侍坐。子曰：以吾一日長乎爾，毋吾以也。居則曰：不吾知也！如或知爾，則何以哉？子路率爾而對曰：千乘之國，攝乎大國之間，加之以師旅，因之以饑饉；由也為之，比及三年，可使有勇，且知方也。夫子哂之。求！爾何如？對曰：方六七十，如五六十，求也為之，比及三年，可使足民。如其禮樂，以俟君子。赤！爾何如？對曰：非曰能之，願學焉。宗廟之事，如會同，端章甫，願為小相焉。點！爾何如？鼓瑟希，鏗爾，舍瑟而作。對曰：異乎三子者之撰。子曰：何傷乎？亦各言其志也。曰：莫春者，春服既成。冠者五六人，童子六七人，浴乎沂，風乎舞雩，詠而歸。夫子喟然嘆曰：吾與點也！三子者出，曾皙後。曾皙曰：夫三子者之言何如？子曰：亦各言其志也已矣。曰：夫子何哂由也？曰：為國以禮，其言不讓，是故哂之。唯求則非邦也與？安見方六七十如五六十而非邦也者？唯赤則非邦也與？宗廟會同，非諸侯而何？赤也為之小，孰能為之大？

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