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之人，功必倍之，惟此时为然。”

Gongsun Chou asked Mencius, saying,
“Master, if you were to obtain the ordering of the
government in Qi, could you promise yourself to
accomplish anew such results as those realized by
Guan Zhong and Yan?”

Mencius said, “You are indeed a true man of
Qi. You know about Guan Zhong and Yan, and
nothing more. Some one asked Zeng Xi, saying, ‘Sir,
to which do you give the superiority, to yourself or
to Zilu?’ Zeng Xi looked uneasy, and said, ‘He was
an object of veneration to my grandfather.’ ‘Then,’
pursued the other, ‘do you give the superiority to
yourself or to Guan Zhong?’ Zeng Xi, flushed with
anger and displeased, said, ‘How dare you compare
me with Guan Zhong? Considering how entirely
Guan Zhong possessed the confidence of his prince,
how long he enjoyed the direction of the government

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