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Chen Gong played a crucial role in Cao Cao’s early rise to power. When Liu Dai, the Inspector of Yan Province(Yanzhou), was killed in battle against the Yellow Turban rebels in 192 AD, a power vacuum emerged. Chen Gong, a native scholar-official of Yan Province and a man of high moral standing, took decisive…
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8.12 The Master said, “One who will study for three yearsWithout thought of rewardWould be hard indeed to find.”
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8.4 When Master Zeng was ill, Meng Jing came to see him.
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7.33 The Master said, “As far as taking trouble goes, I do not think I compare badly with other people. But as regards carrying out the duties of a gentleman in actual life, I have never yet had a chance to show what I could do.”
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7.13 The rites to which the Master gave the greatest attention were those connected with purification before sacrifice, with war and with sickness.