Appears in 1 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtNing Wuzi 宁武子

Courtesy names, other names

Ning Wuzi (variant character); Yu

Who

Grandee of Wei

Relation to Confucius

Mentioned in or converses in the text; see this chapter

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. 5.20Why is this “foolishness” harder to learn than cleverness?

   子曰：寗武子邦有道則知，邦無道則愚。其知可及也，其愚不可及也。

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