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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Ze-yang -> 4.3

Ji-zi heard of this advice, and was ashamed of it,
and said (to the king),
'We have been raising the wall (of our capital) to a height of eighty cubits, and the work has been completed.
If we now get it thrown down,
it will be a painful toil to the convict builders.
It is now seven years since our troops were called out, and this is the foundation of the royal sway.
Yen would introduce disorder - he should not be listened to.


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