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A rapacious killer and footpad was on the loose in the countryside, and many of the duke’s soldiers had been killed alongside the innocent travellers he had waylaid. Several scholars asked the Master if this made the brigand their ally. The Master replied: “A mad dog that bites my enemy is still a mad dog and violence is not the same as righteousness (义). Putting down a wild animal is consummate conduct (理), no matter what wicked man it might consume.”
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