Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
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Original Citation
Suma Quin. Written sometime around c. 110 BC.
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Current Citation
Suma Qian. Records of the Grand Historian of China, translated by Burton Watson. Vol. 2, Columbia University Press, 1961, ch. 118.
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