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有子的座位

论语人物故事 >> Reading Comprehension:
有子的座位
孔子去世以后,弟子们很想念他。孔子有个学生叫有若,很像孔子。弟子们就想拜有若为师,像从前师从孔子一样跟着有若学习。
有一天弟子们问有若:“商瞿年长无子,他母亲帮他娶了媳妇。夫子派商瞿出使齐国,商瞿的母亲代他请辞。夫子说:‘别担心,商瞿四十岁以后会有五个男孩。’后来果然如此。请问夫子是怎么知道的呢?”
有若无言以对。弟子们立起身说:“有子请离开吧,这个不是你的座位。”
【史记仲尼弟子列传】
  1. 有子:You Ruo (有若,518 BC - 458 BC), one of Confucius' prominent disciples.
  2. 去世:die; pass away
  3. 弟子:disciple
  4. 想念:long to see again; miss
  5. 拜...为师:formally acknowledge sb. as one's master ; take sb. as one's teacher
  6. 娶:marry (a woman); take to wife
  7. 媳妇:son's wife; daughter-in-law
  8. 派:send; dispatch; assign; appoint
  9. 出使:serve as an envoy abroad; be sent on a diplomatic mission
  10. 请辞:resign
  11. 无言以对:have nothing to say in reply; speechless