Zizhang asked: "Ziwen of Chu was appointed Chief Minister three times and showed no sign of delight; he was dismissed three times and showed no sign of resentment. Whenever he left office, he always gave a full account of the administration to his successor. What would you say of him?" The Master said: "He was loyal, I would say." "But was he humane?" The Master said: "I do not know. How could that alone count as humaneness?" Zizhang continued: "When Cui Zhu assassinated the Lord of Qi, Chen Wenzi, who owned forty horses, abandoned all his possessions and left the state. Arriving in another state, he said: 'The rulers here are no better than our minister Cui Zhu,' and left again. Coming to yet another state, he said again: 'The rulers here are no better than our minister Cui Zhu,' and left once more. What would you say of him?" The Master said: "He was pure, I would say." "But was he humane?" The Master said: "I do not know. How could that alone count as humaneness?"
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