Appears in 2 chapters of the Analects, 1 taughtRan Geng 冉耕

Courtesy names, other names

Boniu; Ran Boniu

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. 6.8Why did Confucius hold his dying student's hand through the window?

   伯牛有疾，子問之，自牖執其手，曰：亡之，命矣夫！斯人也而有斯疾也！斯人也而有斯疾也！

2. 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。

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