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Confucianism -> Liji -> Wang Zhi -> 22

When the otter sacrificed its fish, the foresters entered the meres and dams.
When the wolf sacrificed its prey, the hunting commenced.
When the dove changed into a hawk,
they set their nets, large and small.
When the plants and trees began to drop their leaves,
they entered the hills and forests (with the axe).
Until the insects had all withdrawn into their burrows,
they did not fire the fields.
They did not take fawns nor eggs.
They did not kill pregnant animals,
nor those which had not attained to their full growth.
They did not throw down nests.


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