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Appears in 38 chapters of the Analects, 11 taughtDuanmu Ci 端木赐

Courtesy names, other names
Zigong; Ci
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. 1.10Whenever 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. 1.15Poor without flattery

    子貢曰:貧而無諂,富而無驕,何如?子曰:可也。未若貧而樂,富而好禮者也。子貢曰:詩云:如切如磋,如琢如磨,其斯之謂與?子曰:賜也,始可與言詩已矣!告諸往而知來者。

  3. 2.13Act first, then speak

    子貢問君子。子曰:先行其言,而後從之。

  4. 3.17The sheep for announcing the new moon

    子貢欲去告朔之餼羊。子曰:賜也,爾愛其羊,我愛其禮。

  5. 5.3Zigong asked: What about me?

    子貢問曰:賜也何如?子曰:女,器也。曰:何器也?曰:瑚璉也。

  6. 5.8Who is better, you or Hui?

    子謂子貢曰:女與回也孰愈?對曰:賜也何敢望回?回也聞一以知十,賜也聞一以知二。子曰:弗如也!吾與女弗如也。

  7. 5.11What I do not wish others to do to me

    子貢曰:我不欲人之加諸我也,吾亦欲無加諸人。子曰:賜也,非爾所及也。

  8. 5.12The Master's outward cultivation can be heard

    子貢曰:夫子之文章,可得而聞也;夫子之言性與天道,不可得而聞也。

  9. 5.14Why was Kong Wenzi called “wen”?

    子貢問曰:孔文子何以謂之文也?子曰:敏而好學,不恥下問,是以謂之文也。

  10. 6.6Is a single quality enough to take office?

    季康子問:仲由可使從政也與?子曰:由也果,於從政乎何有?曰:賜也,可使從政也與?曰:賜也達,於從政乎何有?曰:求也,可使從政也與?曰:求也藝,於從政乎何有?

  11. 6.28博施济众(能近取譬)

    子貢曰:如有博施於民而能濟眾,何如?可謂仁乎?子曰:何事於仁?必也聖乎!堯舜其猶病諸!夫仁者,己欲立而立人,己欲達而達人。能近取譬,可謂仁之方也已。

  12. 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。

  13. 9.6The Grand Steward asked Zigong: Is your Master a sage?not yet taught

    大宰問於子貢曰:夫子聖者與?何其多能也?子貢曰:固天縱之將聖,又多能也。子聞之,曰:大宰知我乎?吾少也賤,故多能鄙事。君子多乎哉?不多也。牢曰:子云,吾不試,故藝。

  14. 9.12Here is a beautiful jadenot yet taught

    子貢曰:有美玉於斯,韞匵而藏諸?求善賈而沽諸?子曰:沽之哉!沽之哉!我待賈者也。

  15. 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。

  16. 11.12Min Ziqian stood beside the Master, respectful and exactnot yet taught

    閔子侍側,誾誾如也;子路,行行如也;冉有、子貢,侃侃如也。子樂。若由也,不得其死然。

  17. 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。

  18. 11.18Hui comes close, yet he is often in wantnot yet taught

    子曰:回也其庶乎,屢空。賜不受命,而貨殖焉,億則屢中。

  19. 12.7Zigong asked about governmentnot yet taught

    子貢問政。子曰:足食。足兵。民信之矣。子貢曰:必不得已而去,於斯三者何先?曰:去兵。子貢曰:必不得已而去,於斯二者何先?曰:去食。自古皆有死,民無信不立。

  20. 12.8A gentleman is substance, that is allnot yet taught

    棘子成曰:君子質而已矣,何以文為?子貢曰:惜乎!夫子之說,君子也。駟不及舌。文猶質也,質猶文也。虎豹之鞟猶犬羊之鞟。

  21. 12.23Zigong asked about friendshipnot yet taught

    子貢問友。子曰:忠告而善道之,不可則止,毋自辱焉。

  22. 13.20What must one be like to be called a scholar?not yet taught

    子貢問曰:何如斯可謂之士矣?子曰:行己有恥,使於四方,不辱君命,可謂士矣。曰:敢問其次。曰:宗族稱孝焉,鄉黨稱弟焉。曰:敢問其次。曰:言必信,行必果,硜硜然小人哉!抑亦可以為次矣。曰:今之從政者何如?子曰:噫!斗筲之人,何足算也。

  23. 13.24What if everyone in the village likes him?not yet taught

    子貢問曰:鄉人皆好之,何如?子曰:未可也。鄉人皆惡之,何如?子曰:未可也。不如鄉人之善者好之,其不善者惡之。

  24. 14.18Was Guan Zhong not inhumane?not yet taught

    子貢曰:管仲非仁者與?桓公殺公子糾,不能死,又相之。子曰:管仲相桓公,霸諸侯,一匡天下,民到於今受其賜。微管仲,吾其被髮左衽矣。豈若匹夫匹婦之為諒也,自經於溝瀆而莫之知也。

  25. 14.30The way of the gentleman has three parts, and I have achieved…not yet taught

    子曰:君子道者三,我無能焉:仁者不憂,知者不惑,勇者不懼。子貢曰:夫子自道也。

  26. 14.31Zigong was comparing peoplenot yet taught

    子貢方人。子曰:賜也賢乎哉?夫我則不暇。

  27. 14.37No one knows me! Zigong said: Why does no one know you?not yet taught

    子曰:莫我知也夫!子貢曰:何為其莫知子也?子曰:不怨天,不尤人。下學而上達。知我者其天乎!

  28. 15.2Ci, do you think I am someone who has learned a great deal and…not yet taught

    子曰:賜也,女以予為多學而識之者與?對曰:然,非與?曰:非也,予一以貫之。

  29. 15.9Zigong asked about practicing humanenessnot yet taught

    子貢問為仁。子曰:工欲善其事,必先利其器。居是邦也,事其大夫之賢者,友其士之仁者。

  30. 15.23Is there one word that one can practice all one's life?not yet taught

    子貢問曰:有一言而可以終身行之者乎?子曰:其恕乎!己所不欲,勿施於人。

  31. 17.19I would rather not speaknot yet taught

    子曰:予欲無言。子貢曰:子如不言,則小子何述焉?子曰:天何言哉?四時行焉,百物生焉,天何言哉?

  32. 17.24Does the gentleman also have things he hates?not yet taught

    子貢曰:君子亦有惡乎?子曰:有惡:惡稱人之惡者,惡居下流而訕上者,惡勇而無禮者,惡果敢而窒者。曰:賜也亦有惡乎?惡徼以為知者,惡不孫以為勇者,惡訐以為直者。

  33. 19.20Zhou's wickedness was not as extreme as they saynot yet taught

    子貢曰:紂之不善,不如是之甚也。是以君子惡居下流,天下之惡皆歸焉。

  34. 19.21The faults of the gentleman are like eclipses of the sun and…not yet taught

    子貢曰:君子之過也,如日月之食焉:過也,人皆見之;更也,人皆仰之。

  35. 19.22Gongsun Chao of Wei asked Zigong: From whom did Zhongni learn?not yet taught

    衛公孫朝問於子貢曰:仲尼焉學?子貢曰:文武之道,未墜於地,在人。賢者識其大者,不賢者識其小者,莫不有文武之道焉。夫子焉不學?而亦何常師之有?

  36. 19.23Shusun Wushu said to the ministers at court: Zigong is worthier…not yet taught

    叔孫武叔語大夫於朝,曰:子貢賢於仲尼。子服景伯以告子貢。子貢曰:譬之宮牆,賜之牆也及肩,窺見室家之好。夫子之牆數仞,不得其門而入,不見宗廟之美,百官之富。得其門者或寡矣。夫子之云,不亦宜乎!

  37. 19.24Shusun Wushu disparaged Zhongninot yet taught

    叔孫武叔毀仲尼。子貢曰:無以為也,仲尼不可毀也。他人之賢者,丘陵也,猶可逾也;仲尼,日月也,無得而逾焉。人雖欲自絕,其何傷於日月乎?多見其不知量也!

  38. 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.

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