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Confucius said, “Suppose you are piling up earth to make a mountain. If you stop just one basket short of completion – that stopping is my own doing. Suppose you are leveling ground, and even if you have only dumped one basket – you are advancing, because I am moving forward.”
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An unruly horse can still be ridden after taming. Melted metals from the smelting furnace are returned to the mould.
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Others have riches; I have a spirit of benevolence. Others have high rank; I have a sense of righteousness.
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In the Emei Mountain in Shu (Sichuan Province) there were many monasteries. The monks in the big monasteries were rich, while those in the smaller ones were poor.