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YANG CHU said:
"Po Yi was not without desire, for being too proud of his purity of mind, he was led to death by starvation.
"Chan-Chi2 was not passionless, for being too proud of his virtue he happened to reduce his family.
"Those who in pursuit of purity and virtue do good in a false way resemble these men."
2 Chan-Chi. The proper name of Fui-hsia-hui, an official in the state of Lu, famous for his continence, which prevented him from getting children, so that he reduced his family.