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Yan Hui was a native of the state of Lu. His father Yan Wuyou (Yan Lu) was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. [1] Yan Hui was about 30 years younger than Confucius, and became a student of the Master at a young age. [2] Yan Hui was Confucius' favorite disciple. [3] "After I got Yan Hui," Confucius remarked, "the disciples came closer ...
The northern courtyard of the temple. The temple is located within the historic walled city of Qufu, the hometown of both Confucius and Yan Hui, in modern Shandong Province. . The temple is just south of the northern gates of the city wall, and is few blocks to the north of the Temple of Confucius (which is located north of the city wall's southern gate
He became Confucius's disciple when he was very young. "After I got Hui," Confucius once said, "the disciples came closer to me." Confucius once traveled to Nang Hill with three of his favourite students, Hui, Zilu, and Zigong, and asked them each to tell him their different aims, after which he would choose between them.
Along with the descendants of the other Four Sages (Confucius, Mencius, Zengzi, and Yan Hui), the descendants of Confucius still determine part of their children's given names using this generation poem given to them by the Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor and extended by later emperors: [45]
Yan Wuyou was born in 545 BC, only six years younger than Confucius. He was born in the State of Lu, Confucius' native state. [1] [2] [3]When his son Yan Hui died in 481 BC, Yan Wuyou asked Confucius to sell his carriage to buy an exterior coffin for Yan Hui.
Confucius's favorite disciple was Yan Hui, most probably one of the most impoverished of them all. [84] Sima Niu, in contrast to Yan Hui, was from a hereditary noble family hailing from the Song state. [84] Under Confucius's teachings, the disciples became well learned in the principles and methods of government. [86]
The Four Sages, Assessors, [1] or Correlates (Chinese: 四 配; pinyin: Sì Pèi), are four eminent Chinese philosophers in the Confucian tradition. They are traditionally accorded a kind of sainthood and their spirit tablets are prominently placed in Confucian temples, two upon the east and two upon the west side of the Hall of the Great Completion (Dacheng Dian).
The Analects, also known as the Sayings of Confucius, ... Yan Hui was a common name of Zi Yuan, the favorite disciple of Confucius. 13