Ancient China · Philosopher and Scholar

Zengzi 曾子

Attested BC 505 - BC 436

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zengzi was a Philosopher and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 505 to BC 436 孔、墨、曾子之賢
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 139

Assessments and attributes

Assessment paragon of wisdom · Mode quotation Speaker Xu Le (徐樂)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 139

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 139

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage

陳涉無千乘之尊，尺土之地，身非王公大人名族之后，無鄉曲之譽，非有孔、墨、曾子之賢，陶朱、猗頓之富也，然起窮巷，奮棘矜，偏袒大呼而天下從風，此其故何也？ Chen She commanded neither the authority of a lord of a thousand chariots nor a single foot of territory. He was no descendant of kings or dukes or men of noble lineage. He had no reputation in his home village, nor the wisdom of Confucius, Mozi, or Master Zeng, nor the wealth of Tao Zhu or Yi Dun. Yet he rose from a wretched alleyway, seized a thorny staff, bared his shoulder, let out a great shout, and the entire empire followed him like wind bending the grass. What was the reason?