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all sages of antiquity, and I have not attained to do
what they did. But what I wish to do is to learn to be
like Confucius.”
Chou said, “Comparing Boyi and Yiyin with
Confucius, are they to be placed in the same rank?”
Mencius replied, “No. Since there were living
men until now, there never was another Confucius.”
Chou said, “Then, did they have any points of
agreement with him?”
The reply was, “Yes. If they had been
sovereigns over a hundred li of territory, they would,
all of them, have brought all the princes to attend
in their court, and have obtained the throne. And
none of them, in order to obtain the throne, would
have committed one act of unrighteousness, or put
to death one innocent person. In those things they
agreed with him.”
Chou said, “I venture to ask wherein he
differed from them.”
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