Dates uncertain · Parable Neighbor

Neighbor's Elderly Man

Literary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Neighbor's Elderly Man was a Parable Neighbor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

literary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 103

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 103

Events and relationships

Warned to repair wall
Advice · Adviser
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 103

Assessments and attributes

Assessment suspected by the family after the theft · Mode narrative
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 103

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 63Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei · 1 passage

其子曰「不築且有盜」，其鄰人之父亦云，暮而果大亡其財，其家甚知其子而疑鄰人之父。 His son said, 'If we do not repair it, there will be thieves.' The neighbor's elderly man also said the same. That evening they indeed lost a great deal of wealth. The family thought highly of the son but suspected the neighbor's elderly man.