Zhuansun Shi
Zhuansun Shi | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional Chinese | 顓孫 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 颛孙师 | ||||||||
|
Other names | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zizhang (Courtesy name) | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | |||||||||
|
Zhuansun Shi (born 503 BC), commonly known by his courtesy name Zizhang, was a prominent disciple of Confucius, who accompanied Confucius in his travels abroad, and later started his own sect of Confucianism.[1]
Life
[edit]Zhuansun Shi (Zizhang) was born in 503 BC,[1] 48 years after Confucius.[2][3] According to the Shiben (Book of Lineages), his grandfather was a prince of the State of Chen, who served in the government of Lu, Confucius' native state.[4] Although Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian identifies Zizhang as belonging to the State of Chen, he was likely born and raised in Lu.[3]
Zizhang was well versed in ritual practices, but was said to be lacking in his pursuit of humanity.[1] Duanmu Ci (Zigong), another prominent disciple of Confucius, said of Zizhang: "Not to boast of his admirable merit; not to signify joy on account of noble station; neither insolent nor indolent; showing no pride to the dependent: these are the characteristics of Zhuansun Shi."[2]
Zhuansun Shi later started his own school, and his disciples formed a branch of Confucianism known as the "Zizhang Sect",[1] which was mentioned by philosophers Xunzi and Han Feizi, centuries after Zizhang's lifetime.[4]
The Analects contains three chapters of Zhuansun Shi's sayings.[1] When he was gravely ill, he said to his son Shenxiang (
Legacy
[edit]In Confucian temples, Zhuansun Shi's spirit tablet is placed the fifth on the west, among the Twelve Wise Ones.[2]
During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong posthumously awarded Zhuansun Shi the nobility title of Count of Chen (
Zhuansun Shi's offspring held the title of Wujing Boshi (
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Confucius 1997, p. 203.
- ^ a b c d Legge 2009, p. 117.
- ^ a b Han 2010, pp. 4607–8.
- ^ a b c Wu Xiaoyun. "Zhuansun Shi" (in Chinese). Taipei Confucian Temple. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ H.S. Brunnert; V.V. Hagelstrom (15 April 2013). Present Day Political Organization of China. Routledge. pp. 494–. ISBN 978-1-135-79795-9.
Bibliography
[edit]- Confucius (1997). Huang, Chichung (ed.). The Analects of Confucius. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506157-4.
- Han, Zhaoqi (2010). "Biographies of the Disciples of Confucius". Shiji (
史 记) (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 978-7-101-07272-3. - Legge, James (2009). The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean. Cosimo. ISBN 978-1-60520-644-8.