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Analects 7.1 The Master said, “I have transmitted what was taught to me without making up anything of my own. I have been faithful to and loved the Ancients. In these respects, I make bold to think, not even our old Peng can have excelled me.”
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3.17 Zigong wanted to do away with the presentation of a sacrificial sheep at the announcement of each new moon. The Master said, “Ci! You grudge sheep, but I grudge ritual.”
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3.5 Confucius said, “The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them.””