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Chu Zi asked Mencius: “The king sent someone to secretly observe you – does he really have any qualities that make him different from ordinary people?”
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Mencius formally resigned his post (as guest minister in Qi state) and was preparing to return home.
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The people of Yan rebelled (against Qi’s occupation). The King of Qi said, “I feel deeply ashamed before Mencius.”
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Lord Zou Ji of the state of Qi was six feet tall and a fine figure of a man. One morning he dressed himself smartly, and studied himself in the mirror.