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completely benevolent and wise, how much less can
Your Majesty be expected to be so! I beg to go and
see Mencius, and relieve Your Majesty from that
feeling.”

Chen Jia accordingly saw Mencius, and asked
him, saying, “What kind of man was the duke of
Zhou?”

“An ancient sage,” was the reply.
“Is it the fact that he appointed Guanshu to
oversee the heir of Yin, and that Guanshu with the
state of Yin rebelled?”
“It is.”
“Did the duke of Zhou know that he would
rebel, and purposely appoint him to that office?”
Mencius said, “He did not know.”
“Then, though a sage, he still fell into error?”
“The duke of Zhou,” answered Mencius, “was
the younger brother. Guanshu was his elder brother.
Was not the error of Zhougong in accordance with

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