Appears in 3 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtYuan Xian 原宪

Courtesy names, other names

Yuan Si; Xian

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. 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！

2. 14.1Xian asked about shame. The Master said: When the state has the…not yet taught

   憲問恥。子曰：邦有道，穀；邦無道，穀，恥也。

3. 14.2If one does not give way to domineering, boasting, resentment…not yet taught

   克、伐、怨、欲不行焉，可以為仁矣？子曰：可以為難矣，仁則吾不知也。

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