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| Condition 1: Contains text "子曰后稷天下之為烈也豈一手一足哉" Matched:1. |
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《表記 - Biao Ji》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《表記》 Library Resources |
| 25 | 表記: | 子曰：「后稷，天下之為烈也，豈一手一足哉！唯欲行之浮於名也，故自謂便人。」 |
| Biao Ji: | The Master said, 'The meritorious services of Hou Ji were the greatest of all under Heaven; could his hands and feet be described as those of an ordinary man? But all which he desired was that his doings should be superior to his name, and therefore he said of himself that he was simply "a man useful to others." |
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