弘明集 9.66

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9.66

[Fan Zhen] replied: Min stone resembles jade yet is not jade; the yu bird resembles the phoenix yet is not a phoenix. Things truly have such cases, and it is naturally so with human beings. Xiang [Yu] and Yang [Huo] resembled them in appearance but not in reality; because their mental organs were not equal, their outward appearance was of no benefit.

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弘明集 — 僧祐, Classical Chinese