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?”
Mencius formally resigned his post (as guest minister in Qi state) and was preparing to return home.
The people of Yan rebelled (against Qi’s occupation). The King of Qi said, “I feel deeply ashamed before Mencius.”
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.