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Zigong said, “Suppose there is a fine jade here – should we keep it stored away in a case, or should we look for a good buyer and sell it?” Confucius replied, “Sell it! Sell it! I am waiting for the right buyer.”
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Mencius said: “When the traces of the sage-kings faded, the civilization of rites and music represented by The Book of Songs (Book of Poetry) thus came to an end; and after that, the Spring and Autumn Annals emerged. The Cheng of Jin, the Taowu of Chu, and the Spring and Autumn Annals of Lu…