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1. Some one addressed Confucius, saying, 'Sir, why are you not engaged in the government?'
2. The Master said, 'What does the Shu-ching say of filial piety?--"You are filial, you discharge your brotherly duties. These qualities are displayed in government." This then also constitutes the exercise of government. Why must there be THAT--making one be in the government?'
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