Chapter
1 1 | we have been defeated by Ch'i, and then my eldest son
2 1 | hundred lî of territory to Ch'in; and on the south we
3 1 | disgrace at the hands of Ch'û. I have brought shame
4 1 | weapons of the troops of Ch'in and Ch'û.~4. 'The rulers
5 1 | the troops of Ch'in and Ch'û.~4. 'The rulers of those
6 2 | 1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î asked, saying, 'May I
7 2 | transactions of Hwan of Ch'î, and Wan of Tsin?'~2.
8 2 | your territories, to have Ch'in and Ch'û wait at your
9 2 | territories, to have Ch'in and Ch'û wait at your court, to
10 2 | fight with the people of Ch'û, which of them does your
11 2 | conquer?' 'The people of Ch'û would conquer.' 'Yes; --
12 2 | thousand lî square. All Ch'î together is but one of
13 2 | and Tsâu's contending with Ch'û? For, with such a desire,
14 3 | very great, the kingdom of Ch'î would be near to a state
15 3 | of music were very great, Ch'î would be near to a state
16 3 | you.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î asked, 'Was it so, that
17 3 | large?'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î asked, saying, 'Is there
18 3 | valour.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î had an interview with
19 3 | Formerly, the duke Ching of Ch'î asked the minister Yen,
20 3 | prince.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î said, 'People all tell
21 3 | king Wan's government of Ch'î was as follows: -- The
22 3 | waters, As far as the foot of Ch'î hill, Along with the lady
23 3 | said to the king Hsüan of Ch'î, 'Suppose that one of
24 3 | while he himself went into Ch'û to travel, and that, on
25 4 | interview with the king Hsüan of Ch'î, said to him, 'When men
26 4 | people.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î asked, saying, 'Was it
27 4 | interview with the king Hsüan of Ch'î, said to him, 'If you
28 4 | the gem?'~1. The people of Ch'î attacked Yen, and conquered
29 4 | revolution.'~1. The people of Ch'î, having smitten Yen, took
30 4 | State, and are removing to Ch'î its precious vessels.
31 4 | afraid of the strength of Ch'î; and now, when with a
32 4 | kingdom, and lies between Ch'î and Ch'û. Shall I serve
33 4 | and lies between Ch'î and Ch'û. Shall I serve Ch'î? Or
34 4 | and Ch'û. Shall I serve Ch'î? Or shall I serve Chû?'~
35 4 | saying, 'The people of Ch'î are going to fortify Hsieh.
36 4 | went to the foot of mount Ch'î, and there took up his
37 4 | with Heaven. What is that Ch'î to you, 0 prince? Be strong
38 4 | town at the foot of mount Ch'î, and dwelt there. The
39 5 | Chapter 5~1. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked Mencius, saying, '
40 5 | ordering of the government in Ch'î, could you promise yourself
41 5 | are indeed a true man of Ch'î. You know about Kwan Chung
42 5 | should do so?'~5. Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'Kwan Chung raised
43 5 | Mencius answered, 'To raise Ch'î to the royal dignity would
44 5 | Pî-kan and the viscount of Ch'î, and Kâo-ko, all men of
45 5 | dignity.~9. 'The people of Ch'î have a saying -- "A man
46 5 | exceed a thousand lî, and Ch'î embraces so much territory.
47 5 | borders of the State: -- so Ch'î possesses the people.
48 5 | be the case.'~1. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked Mencius, saying, '
49 5 | and the prime minister of Ch'î, so as to be able to carry
50 5 | an unperturbed mind.'~2. Ch'âu said, 'Since it is so
51 5 | of life than I did.'~3. Ch'âu asked, 'Is there any
52 5 | importance.'~9. Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'May I venture
53 5 | the passion-nature.'~10. Ch'âu observed, 'Since you
54 5 | I venture to ask,' said Ch'âu again, 'wherein you,
55 5 | flowing passion-nature.'~12. Ch'âu pursued, 'I venture to
56 5 | injures it.'~17. Kung-sun Ch'âu further asked, 'What
57 5 | follow my words.'~18. On this Ch'âu observed, 'Tsâi Wo and
58 5 | what words were those?'~20. Ch'âu said, 'Formerly, I once
59 5 | these, if you please.'~22. Ch'âu then asked, 'What do
60 5 | be like Confucius.'~23. Ch'âu said, 'Comparing Po-î
61 5 | another Confucius.'~24. Ch'âu said, 'Then, did they
62 5 | they agreed with him.'~25. Ch'âu said, 'I venture to ask
63 5 | that it is so? There is the Ch'î-lin among quadrupeds,
64 7 | Tung-kwoh family, when Kung-sun Ch'âu said to him, 'Yesterday,
65 7 | compelled to go to Ching Ch'âu's, and there stop the
66 7 | these? Among the people of Ch'î there is no one who speaks
67 7 | There is therefore no man of Ch'î who respects the king
68 7 | The wealth of Tsin and Ch'û cannot be equalled. Let
69 7 | part of Kwan Chung!'~1. Ch'an Tsin asked Mencius, saying, '
70 7 | Formerly, when you were in Ch'î, the king sent you a present
71 7 | gift?~5. 'But when I was in Ch'i, I had no occasion for
72 7 | one.'~1. Mencius said to Ch'î Wâ, 'There seemed to be
73 7 | might speak?'~2. On this, Ch'î Wâ remonstrated on some
74 7 | went away.~3. The people of Ch'î said, 'In the course which
75 7 | which he marked out for Ch'î Wâ he did well, but we
76 7 | in retiring?'~2. Kung-sun Ch'âu. said to Mencius, 'The
77 7 | position of a high dignitary of Ch'î is not a small one; the
78 7 | small one; the road from Ch'î to T'ang is not short.
79 8 | Chapter 8~1. Mencius went from Ch'î to Lû to bury his mother.
80 8 | mother. On his return to Ch'î, he stopped at Ying, where
81 8 | he stopped at Ying, where Ch'ung Yü begged to put a question
82 8 | this?'~2. The people of Ch'î smote Yen. Some one asked
83 8 | the case that you advised Ch'î to smite Yen?' He replied, '
84 8 | having rebelled, the king of Ch'î said, 'I feel very much
85 8 | I think of Mencius.'~2. Ch'an Chiâ said to him, 'Let
86 8 | Majesty from that feeling.'~3. Ch'an Chiâ accordingly saw
87 8 | by means of the disciple Ch'an, who reported his words
88 8 | having taken his leave of Ch'î, was passing the night
89 8 | 1. When Mencius had left Ch'î, Yin Shih spoke about
90 8 | happiness of the people of Ch'î only ? It would be for
91 8 | man.'~1. When Mencius left Ch'î, Ch'ung Yü questioned
92 8 | When Mencius left Ch'î, Ch'ung Yü questioned him upon
93 8 | dissatisfied?'~1. When Mencius left Ch'î, he dwelt in Hsiû. There
94 8 | in Hsiû. There Kung-sun Ch'âu asked him, saying, 'Was
95 8 | I first saw the king in Ch'ung, it was my intention,
96 8 | But to remain so long in Ch'î was not my purpose.'~
97 9 | Wan of T'ang, had to go to Ch'û, he went by way of Sung,
98 9 | prince was returning from Ch'û, he again visited Mencius.
99 9 | is one, and only one.~4. 'Ch'ang Chi'en said to duke
100 9 | en said to duke King of Ch'î, "They were men. I am
101 10| Chapter 10~1. There came from Ch'û to T'ang one Hsü Hsing,
102 10| living.~2. At the same time, Ch'an Hsiang, a disciple of
103 10| an Hsiang, a disciple of Ch'an Liang, and his younger
104 10| subjects of a sage.'~3. When Ch'an Hsiang saw Hsü Hsing,
105 10| himself so much trouble?' Ch'an Hsiang replied, 'The
106 10| being changed by barbarians. Ch'an Liang was a native of
107 10| an Liang was a native of Ch'û. Pleased with the doctrines
108 10| change is not good.'~17. Ch'an Hsiang said, 'If Hsü'
109 11| Chapter 11~1. Ch'an Tâi said to Mencius, '
110 11| Formerly, the duke Ching of Ch'î, once when he was hunting,
111 11| true royal government, and Ch'î and Ch'û hate and attack
112 11| government, and Ch'î and Ch'û hate and attack him. What
113 11| their sovereign. Great as Ch'î and Ch'û are, what would
114 11| sovereign. Great as Ch'î and Ch'û are, what would there
115 12| there is a great officer of Ch'û here, who wishes his son
116 12| son to learn the speech of Ch'î. Will he in that case
117 12| that case employ a man of Ch'î as his tutor, or a man
118 12| as his tutor, or a man of Ch'û?' 'He will employ a man
119 12| He will employ a man of Ch'î to teach him,' said Pû-shang.
120 12| went on, 'If but one man of Ch'î be teaching him, and there
121 12| be a multitude of men of Ch'û continually shouting out
122 12| him to learn the speech of Ch'î, it will be impossible
123 12| to speak the language of Ch'û, it would be impossible
124 12| said to Mencius, 'Is not Ch'an Chung a man of true self-denying
125 12| Among the scholars of Ch'î, I must regard Chung as
126 12| ancient and noble family of Ch'î. His elder brother Tâi
127 13| perish.~2. 'The duke Ching of Ch'î said, "Not to be able
128 14| kingdom.'~1. Mencius said, 'Ch'iû acted as chief officer
129 14| the train of Tsze-âo to Ch'î.~2. He came to see Mencius,
130 15| was born in Châu by mount Ch'î, and died in Pî-ying; --
131 15| said to the king Hsüan of Ch'î, 'When the prince regards
132 15| Shang of Tsin, the Tâo-wû of Ch'û, and the Ch'un Ch'iû of
133 15| Tâo-wû of Ch'û, and the Ch'un Ch'iû of Lû were books
134 15| Tâo-wû of Ch'û, and the Ch'un Ch'iû of Lû were books of the
135 15| 3. 'The subject of the Ch'un Ch'iû was the affairs
136 15| The subject of the Ch'un Ch'iû was the affairs of Hwan
137 16| appears to us to be improper.' Ch'an-yû Hsing said, 'You do
138 16| this matter. Formerly, when Ch'an-yû was exposed to the
139 16| there came a band from Ch'î to plunder. Some one said
140 16| other did.'~1. A man of Ch'î had a wife and a concubine,
141 17| parents?' Mencius answered, 'Ch'ang Hsî asked Kung-ming
142 17| Hwan-tâu to the mountain Ch'ung; he slew the prince
143 17| uncultivated person of the east of Ch'î. When Yâo was old, Shun
144 18| Yü to the north of mount Ch'î. The princes, repairing
145 18| to Yî, but they went to Ch'î. Litigants did not go
146 18| to Yî, but they went to Ch'î, saying, "He is the son
147 18| not sing Yî, but they sang Ch'î, saying, "He is the son
148 18| government was so different; that Ch'î was able, as a man of
149 18| ulcer-doctor, and when he was in Ch'î, with the attendant, Ch'
150 18| Ch'î, with the attendant, Ch'î Hwan; -- was it so?' Mencius
151 18| in Wei, he lived with Yen Ch'âu-yû. The wives of the
152 18| lodged with the city-master Ch'ang, who was then a minister
153 18| of Châu, the marquis of Ch'an.~4. 'I have heard that
154 18| himself to a cattle-keeper of Ch'in for the skins of five
155 18| introduction to the duke Mû of Ch'in; -- was this the case?'
156 18| round piece of jade from Ch'ûi-chî, and four horses
157 18| and four horses of the Ch'ü breed, borrowed a passage
158 18| leaving that State, went to Ch'in, he had reached the age
159 18| introduction to the duke Mû of Ch'in by feeding oxen, could
160 18| Being then advanced in Ch'in, he knew that the duke
161 18| become chief minister of Ch'in, he made his prince distinguished
162 19| When Confucius was leaving Ch'î, he strained off with
163 19| Friend. As to Wang Shun and Ch'ang Hsî, they serve me."~
164 20| presence!~5. 'The duke Ching of Ch'î, once, when he was hunting,
165 20| antiquity.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î asked about the office
166 21| Man's nature is like the ch'î-willow , and righteousness
167 21| cups and bowls from the ch'î-willow.'~2. Mencius replied, '
168 21| younger brother of a man of Ch'in I do not love: that is,
169 21| honour to an old man of Ch'û, and I also give honour
170 21| meat roasted by a man of Ch'in does not differ from
171 21| besides, there were found Ch'î, the viscount of Wei,
172 22| cannot succeed at it. Chess Ch'iû is the best chess-player
173 22| nothing but listening to Chess Ch'iû. The other, although
174 22| will not think the way from Ch'in to Ch'û far to go to
175 22| think the way from Ch'in to Ch'û far to go to him; because
176 22| Heaven. To be a kung, a ch'ing, or a tâ-fû; -- this
177 23| of teachers.'~1. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked about an opinion
178 23| criticism on the ode.'~3. Ch'âu then said, 'How is it
179 23| ang being about to go to Ch'û, Mencius met him in Shih-ch'
180 23| replied, 'I have heard that Ch'in and Ch'û are fighting
181 23| have heard that Ch'in and Ch'û are fighting together,
182 23| going to see the king of Ch'û and persuade him to cease
183 23| shall go to see the king of Ch'in, and persuade him in
184 23| counsels to the kings of Ch'in and Ch'û, and if those
185 23| to the kings of Ch'in and Ch'û, and if those kings are
186 23| counsels to the kings of Ch'in and Ch'û, and if those
187 23| to the kings of Ch'in and Ch'û, and if those kings are
188 23| sojourning in P'ing-lû, Ch'û, who was prime minister
189 23| Ping-lû to the capital of Ch'î, he did not visit the
190 23| did not visit the minister Ch'û. The disciple Wû-lû was
191 23| brother; and when you went to Ch'î, you did not visit Ch'
192 23| Ch'î, you did not visit Ch'û. Was it not because he
193 23| to Tsâu, but the minister Ch'û might have gone to P'ing-lû.'~
194 23| when Wang P'âo dwelt on the Ch'î, the people on the west
195 23| abrupt manner. When Mien Ch'ü lived in Kâo-t'ang, the
196 23| the people in the parts of Ch'î on the west became skilful
197 23| The wives of Hwa Châu and Ch'î Liang bewailed their husbands
198 24| battle you should subdue Ch'î, and get possession of
199 24| with the principality of Ch'î, it was 100 lî square.
200 24| not sleep.'~2. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked, 'Is Yo-chang a
201 26| not own them?'~1. Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'Î Yin said, "I
202 26| be usurpation.'~Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'It is said, in
203 26| Supposing that the kingdom of Ch'î were offered, contrary
204 26| contrary to righteousness, to Ch'an Chung, he would not receive
205 26| Mencius, going from Fan to Ch'î, saw the king of Ch'î'
206 26| to Ch'î, saw the king of Ch'î's son at a distance, and
207 26| organization.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'î wanted to shorten the
208 26| period of mourning. Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'To have one whole
209 26| months' mourning. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked, 'What do you say
210 26| his teaching.'~1. Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'Lofty are your
211 27| care for.'~2. 'Kung-sun Ch'âu said, 'What do you mean?'
212 27| parents. When he was leaving Ch'î, he strained off with
213 27| reduced to straits between Ch'an and Ts'âi was because
214 27| communicated with him.'~1. Mo Ch'î said, 'Greatly am I from
215 27| two-horsed chariot?'~1. When Ch'î was suffering from famine,
216 27| was suffering from famine, Ch'an Tsin said to Mencius, '
217 28| an official situation in Ch'î, Mencius said, 'He is
218 28| sheep-dates.'~2. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked, saying, 'Which
219 28| meat, to be sure.' Kung-sun Ch'âu went on, 'Then why did
220 28| Confucius, when he was in Ch'an, said: "Let me return.
221 28| Confucius, when he was in Ch'an, think of the ambitious
222 28| Such,' replied Mencius, 'as Ch'in Chang, Tsang Hsî, and
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