Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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Mencius criticizes Chen Zhongzi’s superficial integrity. His refusal of Qi’s throne is only trivial righteousness, yet he abandoned family and social ethics. One cannot judge a person’s core virtue merely by small, self-serving moral acts.
3.19 Duke Ding asked for a precept concerning a ruler’s use of his ministers and a minister’s service to his ruler.