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8.4 When Master Zeng was ill, Meng Jing came to see him.
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6.15 The Master said, “Meng Zhifan is no boaster. When his people were routed he was the last to flee; but when they neared the city-gate, he whipped up his horses, saying, ‘It was not courage that kept me behind. My horses were slow.’”
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The virtuous man makes his gaze ever cooler and brighter; on no account does he lightly assert his upright nature.
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The qi vessel tips over when it is filled with water. The moneybox stays whole only so long as it is not filled up with money.