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Confucianism -> Mengzi -> Jin Xin II -> 84

孟子Mencius said,
'From Yao and Shun down to Tang
were 500 years and more.
皋陶 As to Yu and Gao Yao,
they saw those earliest sages, and so knew their doctrines,
while Tang heard their doctrines as transmitted, and so knew them.
文王From Tang to king Wen
were 500 years and more.
伊尹As to Yi Yin, and Lai Zhu, they saw Tang and knew his doctrines,
文王while king Wen heard them as transmitted, and so knew them.
文王孔子From king Wen to Confucius
were 500 years and more.
太公望散宜生 As to Tai Gong Wang and San Yi Sheng,
they saw Wen, and so knew his doctrines,
孔子while Confucius heard them as transmitted, and so knew them.
孔子 From Confucius downwards until now,
there are only 100 years and somewhat more.
圣人 The distance in time from the sage is so far from being remote,
圣人 and so very near at hand was the sage's residence.
In these circumstances, is there no one to transmit his doctrines?
。”Yea, is there no one to do so?'


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