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In the state of Lu, there was a man, named Wang Tai, who had lost one of his feet. His followers were as numerous as those of Confucius. Chang Chi asked Confucius, saying: “Wang Tai is one who has been mutilated. Yet he divides with you, sir, the teaching of the state of Lu. He neither preaches, nor discusses. Yet those who go to him are empty, but those who come back are full. Is there, indeed, such a thing as instruction without words? While the body is deformed, may the mind be perfect? What sort of man is he?”
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A famous archer of antiquity
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One of the disciples of Confucius
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Tzu, C., Yu-lan, F. (2016). The Evidence of Virtue Complete. In: Chuang-Tzu. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48075-5_5
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