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The opening poem by Yang Shen [Three Kingdoms]
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The Ming Dynasty novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms exists in many different editions. When Mao Zonggang and his father revised and commented on Romance of the Three Kingdoms during the Qing Dynasty, they placed the poem “Lin Jiang Xian” by the Ming Dynasty poet Yang Shen at the beginning of the novel as…
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About Three Kingdoms
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms (or simply the Three Kingdoms) is one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels, authored by Luo Guanzhong during the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. Its full title is Sanguozhi Tongsu Yanyi (Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
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The Analects – Chapter 207 (8.21). The selfless sage: Confucius’ praise of Yu
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8.21 The Master said,”In Yu I can find no semblance of a flaw. Abstemious in his own food and drink, he displayed the utmost devotion in his offerings to spirits and divinities. Content with the plainest clothes for common wear, he saw to it that his sacrificial apron and ceremonial headdress were of the…
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The Analects – Chapter 206 (8.20). Virtue and talent in governance
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8.20Shun had five ministers and all that is under Heaven was well ruled.
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The Analects – Chapter 205 (8.19). The Sage-King ideal – Emperor Yao
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8.19The Master said, “Greatest, as lord and ruler, was Yao. Sublime, indeed, was he. ‘There is no greatness like the greatness of Heaven,’ yet Yao could copy it. So boundless was it that the people could find no name for it; yet sublime were his achievements, dazzling the insignia of his culture!”
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The Analects – Chapter 204 (8.18). Confucius’ praise of Shun and Yu’s – the selfless rulers
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8.18The Master said, “Sublime were Shun and Yu! All that is under Heaven was theirs, yet they remained aloof from it.”