"The Master said, The case is like that……" — Confucius

"The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him."

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As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have… — Confucius
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