Shun had five ministers, and the empire was well governed.Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
King Wu said, "I have ten able ministers."
Confucius said, "Is not the saying that talents are difficult to find, true? Only when the dynasties of T'ang and Yu met, were they more abundant than in this of Chau, yet there was a woman among them. The able ministers were no more than nine men.
"King Wan possessed two of the three parts of the empire, and with those he served the dynasty of Yin. The virtue of the house of Chau may be said to have reached the highest point indeed."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Chapter 8, Part 20 - Confucius
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"Yet there was a woman among them." WTF?
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I did not understand this confucius passage at all.