Appears in 4 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtBoyi 伯夷

Who

Ancient recluse

Relation to Confucius

Historical figure quoted or commented on

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. 5.22Bo Yi and Shu Qi were so aloof — why did no one resent them?

   子曰：伯夷、叔齊不念舊惡，怨是用希。

2. 7.14Is our Master on the side of the ruler of Wei?not yet taught

   冉有曰：夫子為衛君乎？子貢曰：諾。吾將問之。入，曰：伯夷、叔齊何人也？曰：古之賢人也。曰：怨乎？曰：求仁而得仁，又何怨。出，曰：夫子不為也。

3. 16.12Duke Jing of Qi had a thousand teams of four horses, yet on the…not yet taught

   齊景公有馬千駟，死之日，民無德而稱焉。伯夷叔齊餓於首陽之下，民到於今稱之。其斯之謂與？

4. 18.8Men who withdrew from the world: Boyi, Shuqi, Yuzhong, Yiyi…not yet taught

   逸民：伯夷、叔齊、虞仲、夷逸、朱張、柳下惠、少連。子曰：不降其志，不辱其身，伯夷、叔齊與？謂：柳下惠、少連，降志辱身矣。言中倫，行中慮，其斯而已矣。謂：虞仲、夷逸，隱居放言。身中清，廢中權。我則異於是，無可無不可。

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