In the midst of a battle in Wei, Tzu Lu stopped to pick up his hat, saying, "A gentleman may die, but he keeps on his hat." To a good Confucian, clothes, a symbol of human dignity, were even more important than life.
據說孔子的這位得意門生，在衛國遇難時，正當兵矢交集、身中要害的當兒，還從地上拾起帽子、戴好、紮上帽帶，口中喃喃道：「君子死，冠不免。」