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reverence and imitate. Had you not better tell him
this for me?”

Shi took advantage to convey this message by
means of the disciple Chen, who reported his words
to Mencius.

Mencius said, “Yes, but how should the officer
Shi know that the thing could not be? Suppose
that I wanted to be rich, having formerly declined
100,000 zhong, would my now accepting 10,000 be
the conduct of one desiring riches? Ji -sun said, ‘A
strange man was Zishu Yi. He pushed himself into
the service of government. His prince declining to
employ him, he had to retire indeed, but he again
schemed that his son or younger brother should be
made a high officer. Who indeed is there of men
but wishes for riches and honour? But he only,
among the seekers of these, tried to monopolize
the conspicuous mound. Of old time, the market-
dealers exchanged the articles which they had for

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