Orders on Selections and Promotions
選舉令
The sending of people as messengers to the Four Quarters was how the ancients were cautious in selection. Therefore Zhòngní said: “Messenger, ah! Messenger, ah!” speaking of its difficulty.
(From Chū Xué jì 20)
Zhòngní was the appellation of Kǒng-zǐ, commonly known as Confucius in the west. The attributed quotation ap…