"The Master said, The case is like..." - Quote by Confucius
The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.
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“I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.”
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