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 1 19|        to ask the principles of friendship.' Mencius replied, 'Friendship
 2 19|  friendship.' Mencius replied, 'Friendship should be maintained without
 3 19| circumstances of his relatives. Friendship with a man is friendship
 4 19|        Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does
 5 19|     five men Hsien maintained a friendship, because they thought nothing
 6 19|         not have maintained his friendship with them.~3. 'Not only
 7 19|       the sovereign maintaining friendship with a private man.~6. Respect
 8 19|    expressed in the presents of friendship?' Mencius replied, 'The
 9 20|       have yet been on terms of friendship with scholars; -- what do
10 20|       presume to be on terms of friendship with my sovereign! With
11 20|      How can you be on terms of friendship with me?" Thus, when a ruler
12 20|        sought to be on terms of friendship with a scholar, he could
13 20|        a scholar feels that his friendship with all the virtuous scholars