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Mencius – Chapter 2.6 The unavoidable accountability of Rulers
Mencius once asked King Xuan of Qi: “Suppose one of Your Majesty’s ministers entrusted his wife and children to a friend before traveling to Chu state. When he returned, he found them freezing and starving. What should be done about such a friend?”
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Yueyang Pavilion
-by Fan Zhongyan [Song dynasty], translated by Yang Xianyi, Gladys B.Tayler (Gladys Yang) In the spring of the fourth year of the reign of Qingli, Teng Zijing was banished from the capital to be governor of Baling Prefecture. After he had governed the district for a year, the administration became efficient, the people became…
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Mencius – Chapter 2.3 Diplomacy and Valor
King Xuan of Qi asked, “Is there a proper way of developing good relations with the neighboring states?”
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Mencius – Chapter 2.2 Sharing Wealth with the People
King Xuan of Qi asked, “ls it true that the hunting ground of King Wen of Zhou was seventy Ii square?”