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Confucian Analects : Texts 452 - 492 8
...Chi K'ang asked Confucius about government, saying, "What do you say
to killing the unprincipled for the good of the principled?" Confucius
replied, "Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use
killing at all? Let your evinced desires ... |
Mencius : Chapter 17 8
...1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, 'When Shun went into the fields, he cried
out and wept towards the pitying heavens. Why did he cry out and weep?' Mencius
replied, 'He was dissatisfied, and full of earnest desire.'... |
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