The Ode of the White Scepter: A Marriage Forged on a Repeated Verse

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Nan Rong often repeated the ode of the white scepter. Confucius, hearing this, gave him his niece in marriage.

Nan Rong was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder brother to wife.

南容三复白圭，孔子以其兄之子妻之。

Source: The Analects, Xian Jin XI, Chapter 6

Author: The Compilers

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