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The Master said:“Yan Hui was such a person –he chose the Doctrine of the Mean.Whenever he grasped even a single point of goodness,he held it close to his heart with unwavering devotion and never let it go.”
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After leaving Qi state, Mencius stayed in a place called Xiu.
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4.15 The Master said, “Shen! My Way (Dao) has one (thread) that runs right through it.”
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4.9 The Master said, “A scholar whose heart is set upon Dao, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.”