▁Sh i ▁as ▁" a ▁man ▁of ▁his ▁times . ▁His ▁syn cret ism ▁made ▁explicit ▁the ▁ec lect ic ism ▁of ▁other ▁authors ▁of ▁his ▁day ▁and ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁ideas ▁were ▁not ▁necessarily ▁in compatible ." ▁Consider ▁this ▁statement ▁that ▁six ▁Z i ▁" Master s " ▁had ▁substantial ly ▁similar ▁do ctr ines : ▁ ▁Mo ▁Z i ▁val ued ▁im partial ity ; ▁Kong ▁Z i ▁val ued ▁public - mind ed ness , ▁Hu ang ▁Z i ▁val ued ▁centered ness , ▁T ian ▁Z i ▁val ued ▁equ anim ity , ▁Lie ▁Z i ▁val ued ▁em pt iness , ▁and ▁L iao ▁Z i ▁val ued ▁disp elling ▁closed - mind ed ness . ▁Their ▁schools ▁mut ually ▁denied ▁each ▁other , ▁stopping ▁( only ) ▁after ▁several ▁gener ations : ▁but ▁all ▁were ▁tra pped ▁in ▁self ish ness . ▁Heaven , ▁the arch , ▁so ver eign , ▁monarch , ▁governor , ▁lord : ▁all ▁are ▁( words ▁for ) ▁" r uler ." ▁Im mense , ▁wide ▁open , ▁vast , ▁wide , ▁broad , ▁large , ▁sp a cious , ▁en comp ass ing , ▁supre me , ▁em inent , ▁big : ▁all ▁are ▁( words ▁for ) ▁" gre at ." ▁More ▁than ▁ten ▁names ▁but ▁the ▁actual ity ▁is ▁one . ▁If ▁( you ) ▁make ▁im partial ity , ▁public - mind ed ness , ▁em pt iness , ▁equ anim ity , ▁centered ness ,