Zai Yu
| Zai Yu | |||||||||||||
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Zai Yu in the 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 | 宰予 | ||||||||||||
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| Ziwo (Courtesy name) | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 子我 | ||||||||||||
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| Zai Wo | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 宰我 | ||||||||||||
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Zai Yu (522–458 BC), also known by his courtesy name Ziwo and as Zai Wo, was a prominent disciple of Confucius, known for his gift in speech. However, Confucius severely criticized him for proposing to shorten the three-year mourning period after the death of a parent.