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common man in his loose large garments of hair,
neither should he receive from a prince of ten
thousand chariots. He viewed stabbing a prince
of ten thousand chariots just as stabbing a fellow
dressed in cloth of hair. He feared not any of all the
princes. A bad word addressed to him be always
returned. Meng Shishe had this way of nourishing
his valour: He said, ‘I look upon not conquering
and conquering in the same way. To measure the
enemy and then advance; to calculate the chances
of victory and then engage: —this is to stand in
awe of the opposing force. How can I make certain
of conquering? I can only rise superior to all fear.’
Meng Shishe resembled the philosopher Zeng.
Beigong You resembled Zixia. I do not know to
the valour of which of the two the superiority
should be ascribed, but yet Meng Shishe attended
to what was of the greater importance. Formerly,
the philosopher Zeng said to Zixiang, ‘Do you love

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