Appears in 3 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtChen Kang 陈亢

Courtesy names, other names

Ziqin; Chen Ziqin

Who

Listed by Zhu Xi as a disciple of Confucius, also recorded as possibly a disciple of Zigong; undetermined

Relation to Confucius

Discipleship disputed

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. 1.10Whenever the Master arrives in a state

   子禽問於子貢曰：夫子至於是邦也，必聞其政，求之與？抑與之與？子貢曰：夫子溫良恭儉讓以得之。夫子之求之也，其諸異乎人之求之與？

2. 16.13Chen Kang asked Boyu: Have you heard anything different from…not yet taught

   陳亢問於伯魚曰：子亦有異聞乎？對曰：未也。嘗獨立，鯉趨而過庭。曰：學詩乎？對曰：未也。不學詩，無以言。鯉退而學詩。他日又獨立，鯉趨而過庭。曰：學禮乎？對曰：未也。不學禮，無以立。鯉退而學禮。聞斯二者。陳亢退而喜曰：問一得三，聞詩，聞禮，又聞君子之遠其子也。

3. 19.25You are just being modestnot yet taught

   陳子禽謂子貢曰：子為恭也，仲尼豈賢於子乎？子貢曰：君子一言以為知，一言以為不知，言不可不慎也。夫子之不可及也，猶天之不可階而升也。夫子之得邦家者，所謂立之斯立，道之斯行，綏之斯來，動之斯和。其生也榮，其死也哀，如之何其可及也。

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.