After Gongshu Wenzi6 had been chief counselor of Chu for three years, no one among the people dared anymore to enter the court.
公叔子見曰：「嚴矣。
」文子曰：「朝廷之嚴也，寧云妨國家之治哉？」
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Gongshuzi7 sought an audience with him and said, “You are severe.” “Do you mean to say,” replied Wenzi, “that severity at court interferes with the administration of the state?