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公叔禺人
gōng shū rén ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄨ ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ : [人名] [Name of a person]
禮記·檀弓下》:戰于郎,公叔禺人遇負杖入保者息,曰:「使之雖病也,任之雖重也,君子不能為謀也,士弗能死也,不可!」
During the fight at Lang, Gong-shu Yu-ren saw (many of) the men, carrying their clubs on their shoulders, entering behind the shelter of the small wall, and said, 'Although the services required of them are distressing, and the burdens laid on them heavy, (they ought to fight): but though our superiors do not form (good) plans, it is not right that soldiers should not be prepared to die.'

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