Zengzi
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As depicted in Half Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old (至聖先賢半身像), housed in the National Palace Museum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 曾子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zēngzǐ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Master Zēng" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Zeng Shen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 曾參 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曾参 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zēng Shēn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zeng Shen (505–435 BC), better known as Zengzi (Master Zeng), courtesy name Ziyu (子輿), was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius. He later taught Zisi (Kong Ji), the grandson of Confucius, who was in turn the teacher of Mencius, thus beginning a line of transmitters of orthodox Confucian traditions. He is revered as one of the Four Sages of Confucianism.