The Analects

The Last Thing to Give Up

Governing 3, Min Wu Xin Bu Li

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A student asks about government and his teacher names three things. Food, arms, and trust.

The student does not stop there. If you had no choice and one of them had to go, which would you let go first?

He asks it twice, and one thing is left at the end. What remained was the one of the three you cannot put a hand on.

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