A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ang Chü

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1758394A Chinese Biographical Dictionary — Ch'ang ChüHerbert A. Giles

138 Ch'ang Chü 長沮. A man who was working in the fields on one occasion when Confucius, passing by, wished to find out the whereabouts of a ford. Tzŭ Lu was sent to enquire of him; whereupon the man pointed significantly towards the Master and said, "He knows the ford." See Chieh Ni.