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6.16 The Master said, “Without the eloquence of the priest Tuo and the beauty of Prince Chao of Song it is hard nowadays to get through.”
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6.15 The Master said, “Meng Zhifan is no boaster. When his people were routed he was the last to flee; but when they neared the city-gate, he whipped up his horses, saying, ‘It was not courage that kept me behind. My horses were slow.’”
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6.14When Ziyou was governor of the Wucheng (Wu City), the Master said, “Have you managed to get hold of the right sort of people there?”
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6.13 The Master said to Zixia,”You must practice the style of a noble scholar, not that of a petty scholar.”
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6.12 Ran Qiu said,”It is not that your Way does not commend itself to me, but that it demands powers I do not possess.”
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6.11 The Master said, “Incomparable indeed was Hui! A handful of rice to eat, a gourdful of water to drink, living in a mean street – others would have found it unendurably depressing, but to Hui’s cheerfulness it made no difference at all. Incomparable indeed was Hui!”
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6.10 When Ran Geng was ill, the Master went to enquire after him, and grasping his hand through the window said, “It is all over with him! Heaven has so ordained it — but that such a man should have such an illness! That such a man should have such an illness!”
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6.9 The Ji Family wanted to make Min Ziqian governor of Mi.
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6.8 Ji Kang asked whether Zilu was the right sort of person to put into office.