The Bowed Entrance: Making Oneself Small in the Grand Gateway

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The Compilers described: Entering the palace gate, Confucius bent as if the gate could not contain him.

When he entered the palace gate, he seemed to bend his body, as if it were not sufficient to admit him.

入公门，鞠躬如也，如不容。

Source: The Analects, Xiang Dang X, Chapter 4

Author: The Compilers

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