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Following Confucius's death, many of the disciples built huts near their Master's grave, and mourned for him three years, but Zigong remained there, mourning alone for three years more. His place in the Temple of Confucius is third among "The Wise Ones", to the east of the Assessors. [ 20 ]
Pages in category "Disciples of Confucius" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Sima Qian recorded the names of 77 disciples in his collective biography, while Kongzi Jiayu, another early source, records 76, not completely overlapping. The two sources together yield the names of 96 disciples. [83] Twenty-two of them are mentioned in the Analects, while the Mencius records 24. [84]
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 to me." [2] [4] [5] We are told that once, when he found himself on the Nang hill with Yan Hui, Zilu, and Zigong, Confucius ...
Zhong You (542–480 BC), commonly known by his courtesy names Zilu and Jilu, was one of the best known and most faithful disciples of Confucius. [1] [2] Among Confucius's disciples, he was the second in terms of ability and accomplishment in statesmanship, after Ran Qiu. [2]
Min Sun (536 – c. 487 BC), also known by his courtesy name Ziqian, was one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius. Confucius considered Min his second best disciple after Yan Hui, and commended him for his filial piety. [1] His legend is included in the Confucian text The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars.
Sima Geng (?-?), courtesy name Zi Niu, son of Xiang Luo, is one of Confucius's seventy-two disciples. He was referred as Sima Niu in the Analects. He was a noble of the State of Song. In 481 BCE, his elder brother Sima Huan Tui controlled the state government.
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]