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 1 7 |     declining to accept the gift in the first case was right,
 2 7 |  should I have declined the gift?~4. 'When I was in Hsieh,
 3 7 |  should I have declined the gift?~5. 'But when I was in Ch'
 4 7 |  for money. To send a man a gift when he has no occasion
 5 11|   carry with him his proper gift of introduction." Kung-ming
 6 11|  always carrying his proper gift of introduction with him,
 7 12|     a great officer sends a gift to a scholar, if the latter
 8 18|     usurpation, and not the gift of Heaven.~8. 'This sentiment
 9 19|  honourable rank presents a gift, to say in the mind, "Was
10 19| express words to refuse the gift, but having declined it
11 19|     the city. He offers his gift on a ground of reason, and
12 20|     twice, and declined the gift, saying, "From this time
13 23|    State. When there is the gift within, it manifests itself