Ancient China · Hermit

Jieyu 接輿

Attested BC 500

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jieyu was a Hermit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 500 接輿辟世
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 164

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 2 passages

是以箕子詳狂，接輿辟世，恐遭此患也。 This is why Jizi feigned madness and Jieyu withdrew from the world—they feared they would suffer such a fate.

願大王孰察卞和、李斯之意，而後楚王、胡亥之聽，無使臣為箕子、接輿所笑。 I beg Your Majesty to examine closely the true intentions of Bian He and Li Si, and not to listen as the King of Chu and Huhai did, lest your servant become an object of ridicule alongside Jizi and Jieyu.