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saying to the man in charge of the house, “Do not
lodge any persons in my house, lest they break and
injure the plants and trees.” When the plunderers
withdrew, he sent word to him, saying, “Repair the
walls of my house. I am about to return.” When the
plunderers retired, the philosopher Zeng returned
accordingly. His disciples said, “Since our master
was treated with so much sincerity and respect, for
him to be the first to go away on the arrival of the
plunderers, so as to be observed by the people, and
then to return on their retiring, appears to us to be
improper.”

Shenyou Xing said, “You do not understand
this matter. Formerly, when Shenyou was exposed
to the outbreak of the grass-carriers, there were
seventy disciples in our master’s following, and none
of them took part in the matter.”

When Zisi was living in Wei, there came a
band from Qi to plunder. Some one said to him, “The

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