The Master was gravely ill, and Zilu requested to say a prayer. The Master said, “does such a thing happen?” Zilu replied, “yes, it does. The prayer for the dead says: “we pray thus to the spirits above and below.” The Master said: “my prayers have been going on for a long time.”
- The Analects of Confucius
- The Analects of Confucius
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