Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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Mencius sorts officials into four tiers: flatterers seeking favor, loyal state guardians, Heaven’s men who advance universal Dao, and supreme great men. The highest attain virtue first; their self-correction naturally rectifies all things.
– By Mao Zedong, April 1918 Clouds part over Heng Yue, long gloom at last dispelled,Among Tianma and Phoenix Peaks spring trees unfold.