Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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The Master said, “In education, there should be no distinction among classes.”
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The Master said, “Those who studied ritual and music before entering government were commoners from the countryside; those who entered government first and then studied ritual and music were nobles (junzi). If I were to choose whom to employ, I would follow the former group.”
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6.6 The Master said of Ran Yong, “If the offspring of a brindled ox is ruddy-coated and has grown its horns, however much people might hesitate to use it, would the hills and streams really reject it?”