Zeng Zi’s Famous Sayings in the Analects

You already have a person Note: Who Was Zeng Zi in the Analects? places the disciple among scenes without pretending to be a résumé. The people index labels him Zeng Zi. This page owns the catalog—which saying lives where, and what each short meaning is on the live page. You should not treat the list as a second biography, and you should not invent chapter numbers the site does not publish. Soft siblings may deep-dive one line elsewhere; here you only summarize enough to choose a door.

You meet the most searched Zeng Zi line in Hsio R. 1.4. Source Chinese includes 吾日三省吾身 and the three questions: 为人谋而不忠乎, 与朋友交而不信乎, 传不习乎. The live guide restates daily checks on wholeheartedness for others, trustworthiness with friends, and serious review and practice of the teacher’s transmission. Legge says Tsang examines himself on whether he may have been not faithful in business for others, not sincere with friends, or may have not mastered and practised his teacher’s instructions. Hold the closed triad; invent no fourth point. A separate Note may walk the saying more slowly; this catalog only places it so you know which door owns the depth.

If you want a second live saying from the same disciple, open The Analects · T'ai-po 8.7 once in the body—not as a second ending CTA. There Tsang says the officer may not be without breadth of mind and vigorous endurance; his burden is heavy and his course is long. Legge continues that taking Perfect virtue as one’s burden is heavy, and only death ends the road. The live Chinese guide names 士不可以不弘毅 and 任重道远: the scholar-officer needs a wide chest and firm will because the task of ren is heavy and stops only at death. You should read that as a check on how far you carry responsibility—not as a CEO slogan or a rewrite of another concept Note.

You may also hear Zeng Zi in Li Ren 4.15: the Master tells Shan that his doctrine is an all-pervading unity; Tsang answers “Yes,” and later restates to other disciples the line 夫子之道，忠恕而已矣. Legge’s wording on the live page is “to be true to the principles of our nature and the benevolent exercise of them to others.” “loyalty and reciprocity,” like any short Chinese gloss of 忠恕, is an editorial gloss, not Legge. Treat that here as a catalog mention of a restatement scene, not as a concept essay. A separate Note already unpacks what 忠恕 means across chapters; this page does not rewrite it and does not make Li Ren 4.15 a money CTA. You keep the person who restates apart from the concept page that owns the word.

Elsewhere, in Hsio R. 1.9, you also hear Zeng Zi link careful funerals for parents and distant remembrance of ancestors with a people’s turn toward thick manners—慎终追远 in the live guide’s mood. Prefer mention-only here, as the biography Note does: one soft filial door, not a second money CTA and not a full funeral-ritual treatise. You may recall the line once so the catalog feels honest, then leave the chapter URL unlinked unless a later edit truly needs it once.

When you quote him, you should name the live chapter URL and say whether you used source Chinese, the modern guide, or Legge’s English. You can mention search forms such as “zengzi,” “zeng zi,” 曾子, 曾参, or Tsang lightly if needed, but you should never invent impression counts or biography dates the live pages do not give. Your honesty is the passage page—not a smoother paraphrase that invents a saying or merges layers into one “updated” sentence.

When you are ready for the clearest door among these sayings, open The Analects · Hsio R. 1.4 and read the three examinations with source, guide, and Legge side by side. Ask which point—loyalty for others, sincerity with friends, practised teaching—still names your own day—then return to the live text rather than to a longer catalog list.