Appears in 6 chapters of the Analects, 2 taughtFan Xu 樊须

Courtesy names, other names

Fan Chi; Xu

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. 2.5Meng Yizi asks about filial piety

   孟懿子問孝。子曰：無違。樊遲御，子告之曰：孟孫問孝於我，我對曰無違。樊遲曰：何謂也？子曰：生，事之以禮；死，葬之以禮，祭之以禮。

2. 6.20Did Confucius believe in spirits?

   樊遲問知。子曰：務民之義，敬鬼神而遠之，可謂知矣。問仁。曰：仁者先難而後獲，可謂仁矣。

3. 12.21Fan Chi was walking with the Master below the rain altar and…not yet taught

   樊遲從遊於舞雩之下，曰：敢問崇德、修慝、辨惑。子曰：善哉問！先事後得，非崇德與？攻其惡，無攻人之惡，非修慝與？一朝之忿，忘其身，以及其親，非惑與？

4. 12.22Fan Chi asked about humanenessnot yet taught

   樊遲問仁。子曰：愛人。問知。子曰：知人。樊遲未達。子曰：舉直錯諸枉，能使枉者直。樊遲退，見子夏。曰：鄉也，吾見於夫子而問知，子曰：舉直錯諸枉，能使枉者直。何謂也？子夏曰：富哉言乎！舜有天下，選於眾，舉皋陶，不仁者遠矣。湯有天下，選於眾，舉伊尹，不仁者遠矣。

5. 13.4Fan Chi asked to learn farmingnot yet taught

   樊遲請學稼，子曰：吾不如老農。請學為圃。曰：吾不如老圃。樊遲出。子曰：小人哉，樊須也！上好禮，則民莫敢不敬；上好義，則民莫敢不服；上好信，則民莫敢不用情。夫如是，則四方之民襁負其子而至矣，焉用稼？

6. 13.19Fan Chi asked about humanenessnot yet taught

   樊遲問仁。子曰：居處恭，執事敬，與人忠。雖之夷狄，不可棄也。

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