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The Master said, “The noble person does not promote someone solely on the basis of his words, nor does he reject someone’s words solely because of who he is.”
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The Master sighed, “No one truly understands me!”Zigong asked, “Why is it that no one understands you?”The Master replied, “I do not blame Heaven, nor do I resent others. I study what is below and thereby penetrate what is above. Perhaps only Heaven truly understands me!”
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8.17The Master said, “Learn as if you were following someone whom you could not catch up, as though it were someone you were frightened of losing.”
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5.15 Zigong asked saying, “Why was Kong Wen called Wen(‘The Cultured’)?”
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5.9 The Master in discussing Zigong said to him, “Which do you yourself think is the better, you or Hui?”