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Ran Geng
Disciple of Confucius (born 544 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ran Geng (born 544 BC), also known by his courtesy name Boniu, was one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius. Confucius considered him his third best disciple, after Yan Hui and Min Sun, in terms of moral conduct.[1]
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![]() Ran Geng 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 | 冉耕 | ||||||||
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Boniu (Courtesy name) | |||||||||
Chinese | 伯牛 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Uncle Ox | ||||||||
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