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The Master said, “Those who followed me during my hardships in Chen and Cai are now no longer at my gate.”
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The Master said:“The world and the state may be governed with fairness;titles and emoluments may be renounced;even bare blades may be trodden upon –yet the Doctrine of the Mean is what cannot be practiced!”
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The Master sighed:“Alas! The Way will surely not be practiced in the world.”
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The Master said:“How supreme is the Doctrine of the Mean!Yet among the people, few have been able to practice it for long!”