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Confucianism -> Mengzi -> Gong Sun Chou I -> 2.28

:「宰我子貢有若聖人Mencius replied, 'Zai Wo, Zi Gong, and You Ruo had wisdom sufficient to know the sage.
Even had they been ranking themselves low, they would not have demeaned themselves to flatter their favourite.
宰我Now, Zai Wo said,
"According to my view of our Master,
。』 he was far superior to Yao and Shun."
子貢 Zi Gong said,
"By viewing the ceremonial ordinances of a prince, we know the character of his government.
By hearing his music, we know the character of his virtue.
After the lapse of a hundred ages
I can arrange, according to their merits, the kings of a hundred ages
- not one of them can escape me.
From the birth of mankind till now,
。』 there has never been another like our Master."
有若 You Ruo said,
"Is it only among men that it is so?
There is the Qi-lin among quadrupeds,
the Feng-huang among birds,
the Tai mountain among mounds and ant-hills,
and rivers and seas among rain-pools.
Though different in degree, they are the same in kind.
聖人So the sages among mankind are also the same in kind.
But they stand out from their fellows,
and rise above the level,
and from the birth of mankind till now,
孔子。』」 there never has been one so complete as Confucius."'


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