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Mencius for me.”
On this, Ran You went again to Zou, and
consulted Mencius.
Mencius said, “It is so, but he may not seek
a remedy in others, but only in himself. Confucius
said, ‘When a prince dies, his successor entrusts the
administration to the prime minister. He sips the
congee. His face is of a deep black. He approaches
the place of mourning, and weeps. Of all the officers
and inferior ministers there is not one who will
presume not to join in the lamentation, he setting
them this example. What the superior loves, his
inferiors will be found to love exceedingly. The
relation between superiors and inferiors is like that
between the wind and grass. The grass must bend
when the wind blows upon it.’ The business depends
on the prince.”
Ran You returned with this answer to his
commission.
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