Named Zeng Shen, styled Ziyu. Famous for filial piety and self-reflection, he practiced daily self-examination in three aspects. He carried on Confucius orthodox teaching and authored The Great Learning. He was honored by later generations as the "Ancestral Sage."
Similar Chapters
曾子有疾，召门弟子曰：「启予足！启予手！《诗》云『战战兢兢，如临深渊，如履薄冰。』而今而后，吾知免夫！小子！」
Zengzi was gravely ill. He summoned his disciples and said: "Look at my feet! Lo…
曾子有疾，孟敬子问之。曾子言曰：「鸟之将死，其鸣也哀；人之将死，其言也善。君子所贵乎道者三：动容貌，斯远暴慢矣：正颜色，…
Zengzi was gravely ill, and Meng Jingzi came to visit him. Zengzi spoke, saying:…
曾子曰：「以能问于不能，以多问于寡：有若无，实若虚；犯而不校。昔者吾友尝从事于斯矣。」
Zengzi said: "To be capable yet seek guidance from those who are not; to be lear…
曾子曰：「可以托六尺之孤，可以寄百里之命，临大节而不可夺也。君子人与？君子人也。」
Zengzi said: "A man to whom one can entrust an orphaned young prince, to whom on…
曾子曰：「士不可以不弘毅，任重而道远。仁以为己任，不亦重乎？死而后已，不亦远乎？」
Zengzi said: "A man of learning cannot afford to be without breadth of mind and …
曾子曰：「堂堂乎张也，难与并为仁矣。」
Zengzi said: "Imposing indeed is Zizhang in his bearing — and yet it is difficul…
曾子曰：「吾闻诸夫子：人未有自致者也，必也亲丧乎！」
Zengzi said: "I once heard the Master say that a person does not ordinarily give…
曾子曰：「吾闻诸夫子：孟庄子之孝也，其他可能也，其不改父之臣与父之政，是难能也。」
Zengzi said: "I once heard the Master say that in the filial conduct of Meng Zhu…
孟氏使阳肤为士师，问于曾子，曾子曰：「上失其道，民散久矣。如得其情，则哀矜而勿喜。」
When the Meng clan appointed Yangfu as chief magistrate, he sought advice from Z…