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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 11 -> Geng Zhu -> 12

墨子使管黔敖高石子Mozi sent Guan Qin Ao to recommend Gao Shizi to Wei.
The lord of Wei gave him heavy emoluments
and ranked him among the ministers.
高石子 Gao Shizi came to court three times and gave all his counsels.
But none of them was carried out.
So he left for Qi
墨子 where he saw Mozi and said:
"On your account the lord of Wei
gave me heavy emoluments
and ranked me among the ministers.
I went to court three times and gave all my counsels.
But none of them was carried out.
So I left.
?” Wouldn't the lord of Wei think I was demented?"
墨子 Mozi said:
If you left because it is in accordance with the Dao,
what does it matter even if suspected of being demented?
周公旦关叔Anciently, Duke Zhou was displeased with Uncle Guan
and resigned from the Duke's duties and went east to Shang Yan to live.
Everybody then said he was demented.
But posterity praised his virtue
and exalted his name
unto this day.
Moreover, I have heard, to practise righteousness is not to avoid blame and seek praise.
If the resignation is in accordance with the Dao,
!” what does it matter if one is suspected of being demented?
高石子:“Gao Shizi said: "How dare Shi leave if it were not in accordance with the Dao?
:‘天下。’Formerly, Master, you have said: When there is no Dao in the world, the superior men will not stay in positions of plenty.
Now the lord of Wei does not observe the Dao.
If I should covet his emoluments and position
。” then I would be living on others as a parasite."
墨子Mozi was pleased
子禽and summoned Qinzi, telling him:
Now, listen,
cases of disregard of righteousness for emoluments
I have heard of.
高石子But disregard of emoluments for righteousness I have seen (only) in Gao Shizi.


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