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man of Qi as his tutor, or a man of Chu?”
“He will employ a man of Qi to teach him,”

said Busheng.
Mencius went on, “If but one man of Qi be

teaching him, and there be a multitude of men of
Chu continually shouting out about him, although
his father beat him every day, wishing him to learn
the speech of Qi, it will be impossible for him to do
so. But in the same way, if he were to be taken and
placed for several years in Zhuang or Yue, though
his father should beat him, wishing him to speak the
language of Chu, it would be impossible for him to
do so. You supposed that Xue Juzhou was a scholar
of virtue, and you have got him placed in attendance
on the king. Suppose that all in attendance on
the king, old and young, high and low, were Xue
Juzhous, whom would the king have to do evil with?
And suppose that all in attendance on the king, old
and young, high and low, are not Xue Juzhous,

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