宰我

哀公问社于宰我。宰我对曰：「夏后氏以松，殷人以柏，周人以栗，曰：使民战栗。」子闻之，曰：「成事不说，遂事不谏，既往不咎。…

Duke Ai of Lu asked Zai Wo about the wood used for the altar of the earth deity.…

宰予昼寝。子曰：「朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙不可杇也。于予与何诛？」子曰：「始吾于人也，听其言而信其行；今吾于人也，听其言而…

Zaiyu was sleeping during the day. The Master said, "Rotten wood cannot be carve…

宰我问曰：「仁者，虽告之曰『井有仁焉』，其从之也？」子曰：「何为其然也？君子可逝也，不可陷也；可欺也，不可罔也。」

Zaiwo asked: "If someone with benevolence were told, 'There is a benevolent pers…

德行：颜渊，闵子骞，冉伯牛，仲弓。言语：宰我，子贡。政事：冉有，季路。文学：子游，子夏。

(Among the Master's disciples, each excelled in his own way.) Outstanding in mor…

宰我问：「三年之丧，期已久矣！君子三年不为礼，礼必坏；三年不为乐，乐必崩。旧谷既没，新谷既升，钻燧改火，期可已矣。」子曰…

Zai Wo asked: "Three years of mourning for one's parents — surely one year is lo…