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Yin, and Zhou Gong did not obtain the throne. Yi
Yin assisted Tang so that he became sovereign over
the kingdom. After the demise of Tang, Taiding
having died before he could be appointed sovereign,
Waibing reigned two years, and Zhongren four.
Tai Jia was then turning upside down the statutes
of Tang, when Yi Yin placed him in Tong for three
years. There Tai Jia repented of his errors, was
contrite, and reformed himself. In Tong he came
to dwell in benevolence and walk in righteousness,
during those three years, listening to the lessons
given to him by Yi Yin. Then Yi Yin again returned
with him to Bo. Zhougong not getting the throne
was like the case of Yi and the throne of Xia, or like
that of Yi Yin and the throne of Yin. Confucius said,
‘Tang and Yu resigned the throne to their worthy
ministers. The sovereign of Xia and those of Yin and
Zhou transmitted it to their sons. The principle of
righteousness was the same in all the cases.’ ”

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