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man, who does not support him when tottering, nor
raise him up when fallen?’ And further, you speak
wrongly. When a tiger or rhinoceros escapes from
his cage; when a tortoise or piece of jade is injured
in its repository: whose is the fault?” Zan Yu said,
“But at present, Chwan-yu is strong and near to Pi;
if our chief do not now take it, it will hereafter be a
sorrow to his descendants.” Confucius said, “Ch'iu,
the superior man hates that declining to say ‘I want
such and such a thing,’ and framing explanations for
the conduct. I have heard that rulers of states and
chiefs of families are not troubled lest their people
should be few, but are troubled lest they should not
keep their several places; that they are not troubled
with fears of poverty, but are troubled with fears
of a want of contented repose among the people
in their several places. For when the people keep
their several places, there will be no poverty; when
harmony prevails, there will be no scarcity of people;

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