Ancient China · Disciple of Confucius

Zai Wo 宰予

Zai Yu

Attested c. BC 500

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zai Wo was a Disciple of Confucius.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 500 宰予問五帝德
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 281

Works and attributed material

Virtues of the Five Emperors 五帝德
Dialogue · Questioner
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 281

Events and relationships

Relation Student of · Person Confucius (孔子)
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 281

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 1Annals of the Five Emperors · 1 passage

孔子所傳宰予問五帝德及帝系姓，儒者或不傳。 Confucius handed down Zai Wo’s “Virtues of the Five Emperors” and the “Imperial Genealogies,” yet many Ruists decline to teach them.