Ancient China · Official

Bi Xi 佛肸

Attested BC 490 - BC 480

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bi Xi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 490 to BC 480 佛肸之召
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 193

Events and relationships

Summoned
Political · Summoner · With Confucius (仲尼)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 193

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 109Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang · 1 passage

裕謂友人成泮曰：「仲尼喜佛肸之召，以匏瓜自喻，伊尹亦稱何事非君，何使非民，聖賢尚如此，況吾曹乎！ Yang Yu told his friend Cheng Pan, "Confucius rejoiced at Bi Xi's summons and likened himself to a gourd; Yi Yin too said, 'What affair is not that of the lord? What people are not his subjects?' Even sages were thus, how much more we!