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“I have heard of men using the doctrines of
our great land to change barbarians, but I have
never yet heard of any being changed by barbarians.
Chen Liang was a native of Chu. Pleased with
the doctrines of Zhougong and Zhongni, he came
northwards to the Middle Kingdom and studied
them. Among the scholars of the northern regions,
there was perhaps no one who excelled him. He was
what you call a scholar of high and distinguished
qualities. You and your brother followed him some
tens of years, and when your master died, you
forthwith turned away from him. Formerly, when
Confucius died, after three years had elapsed, his
disciples collected their baggage, and prepared to
return to their several homes. But on entering to
take their leave of Zigong, as they looked towards
one another, they wailed, till they all lost their
voices. After this they returned to their homes, but
Zigong went back, and built a house for himself

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