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There is a saying: "Birds fear birds with fine wings and curved
beaks;[1]
fish fear fish with large mouths and pendant fat;[2]
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reason the superior man avoids the three points: he avoids the
brush-point of the literary man; he avoids the spear-point of the
military man; he avoids the tongue-point of the sophist.
The Ode says,[5]
If my friends would take care,
Would slanderous speeches be made?
Would slanderous speeches be made?
[2]
[OMITTED]. The expression occurs in Lun hêng 7.14a: [OMITTED] "The
rulers Chieh and Chou had fat on their bellies hanging down for over a foot." It
seems to imply a voracious appetite.
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