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  1 1 |          to see king Hûi of Liang.~2. The king said, 'Venerable
  2 1 |         pleasure in these things?'~2. Mencius replied, 'Being
  3 1 |            increase. How is this?'~2. Mencius replied, 'Your
  4 1 |        receive your instructions.'~2. Mencius replied, 'Is there
  5 1 |       pursued to accomplish this?'~2. Mencius replied, 'With
  6 2 |                            Chapter 2~1. Mencius went to see the
  7 2 |          the king Hsiang of Liang.~2. On coming out from the
  8 2 |            Ch'î, and Wan of Tsin?'~2. Mencius replied, 'There
  9 3 |         state of good government!'~2. Another day, Mencius, having
 10 3 |          It is so in the records.'~2. 'Was it so large as that?'
 11 3 |          and Kâu-ch'ien served Wû.~2. 'He who with a areat State
 12 3 |           condemn their superiors.~2. 'For them, when they cannot
 13 3 |         movement for that object?'~2. Mencius replied, 'The Hall
 14 3 |           He should cast him off.'~2. Mencius proceeded, 'Suppose
 15 4 |           and you do not know it.'~2. The king said, 'How shall
 16 4 |          It is so in the records.'~2. The king said, 'May a minister
 17 4 |            me," what shall we say?~2. 'Here now you have a gem
 18 4 |    attacked Yen, and conquered it.~2. The king Hsüan asked, saying, '
 19 4 |       standing in fear of others.'~2. 'It is said in the Book
 20 4 |            of the case to be met?'~2. Mencius replied, 'In calamitous
 21 4 |             Or shall I serve Chû?'~2. Mencius replied, 'This
 22 4 |           me to take in the case?'~2. Mencius replied, 'Formerly,
 23 4 |        crowds hastening to market.~2. 'On the other hand, some
 24 4 |           duke said, 'I will not.'~2. The officer Yo-chang entered
 25 5 |            by Kwan Chung and Yen?'~2. Mencius said, 'You are
 26 5 |           to an unperturbed mind.'~2. Ch'âu said, 'Since it is
 27 6 |           Wan with only a hundred.~2. 'When one by force subdues
 28 6 |         living in a low situation.~2. 'If a prince hates disgrace,
 29 6 |        wish to stand in his court.~2. 'If, in the market-place
 30 6 |          the sufferings of others.~2. 'The ancient kings had
 31 6 |         great caution is required.~2. 'Confucius said, "It is
 32 6 |          had a fault, he rejoiced.~2. 'When Yü heard good words,
 33 6 |          his purity to go to them.~2. 'Hûi of Liû-hsiâ was not
 34 7 |            from the accord of Men.~2. 'There is a city, with
 35 7 |          able to go to the court.'~2. Next day, he went out to
 36 7 |         king sent you a present Of 2,400 taels of fine silver,
 37 7 |            of these alternatives.'~2. Mencius said, 'I did right
 38 7 |          to do so,' was the reply.~2. Mencius said, 'Well then,
 39 7 |            which you might speak?'~2. On this, Ch'î Wâ remonstrated
 40 7 |           forward or in retiring?'~2. Kung-sun Ch'âu. said to
 41 8 |     appeared to me, was too good.'~2. Mencius replied, 'Anciently,
 42 8 |         the case of Yen and this?'~2. The people of Ch'î smote
 43 8 |          when I think of Mencius.'~2. Ch'an Chiâ said to him, '
 44 8 |     returning to his native State.~2. The king came to visit
 45 8 |         passing the night in Châu.~2. A person who wished to
 46 8 |  dissatisfied on account of this.'~2. The disciple Kâo informed
 47 8 |          nor grudge against men."'~2. Mencius said, 'That was
 48 8 |         without receiving salary?'~2. Mencius replied, 'No; when
 49 9 |         Sung, and visited Mencius.~2. Mencius discoursed to him
 50 9 |           to its various services'~2. Zan Yû accordingly proceeded
 51 9 |            of governing a kingdom.~2. Mencius said, 'The business
 52 10|            wove mats for a living.~2. At the same time, Ch'an
 53 10|         need not come here again.'~2. Next day, Î Chih again
 54 11|        thing which might be done.'~2. Mencius said, 'Formerly,
 55 11|          to make others straight.'~2. Mencius said, 'How can
 56 11|            he was condoled with."'~2. Hsiâo said, 'Did not this
 57 11|           think it was excessive?'~2. Kang said, 'No. But for
 58 11|          this case is to be done?'~2. Mencius replied, 'When
 59 12|       impossible for him to do so.~2. 'You supposed that Hsieh
 60 12|           go to see the sovereign.~2. 'Twan Kan-mû leaped over
 61 12|           think of such a course?'~2. Mencius said, 'Here is
 62 12|           I am compelled to do it.~2. 'A long time has elapsed
 63 12|            his sight and hearing.'~2. Mencius replied, 'Among
 64 13|     tranquil order of the kingdom.~2. 'There are now princes
 65 13|           are perfectly exhibited.~2. 'He who as a sovereign
 66 13|      benevolent that they lost it.~2. 'It is by the same means
 67 13|            own feeling of respect.~2. 'When we do not, by what
 68 13|       rebel against Heaven perish.~2. 'The duke Ching of Ch'î
 69 13|       States and ruin of Families?~2. 'There was a boy singing,~"
 70 13|            them what they dislike.~2. 'The people turn to a benevolent
 71 13|          throwing one's self away.~2. 'Benevolence is the tranquil
 72 14|       attain sincerity in himself.~2. 'Therefore, sincerity is
 73 14|           how to nourish the old."~2. 'Those two old men were
 74 14|          the drum and assail him."~2. 'Looking at the subject
 75 14|         the ground on the people.'~2. 'Listen to a man's words
 76 14|           is a peculiar exigency.'~2. K'wan said, 'The whole
 77 14|         the kingdom with my hand?'~2. Mencius replied, 'The circumstances
 78 14|            to serve their parents.~2. 'There are many services,
 79 14|          train of Tsze-âo to Ch'î.~2. He came to see Mencius,
 80 14|           is the greatest of them.~2. 'Shun married without informing
 81 14|      obeying one's elder brothers.~2. 'The richest fruit of wisdom
 82 14|            and the hands to move.'~2. 'By Shun's completely fulfilling
 83 15|           wild tribes on the east.~2. 'King Wan was born in Châu
 84 15|           Wei in his own carriage.~2. Mencius said, 'It was kind,
 85 15|            a robber and an enemy.'~2. The king said, 'According
 86 15|          find in water to praise?'~2. Mencius replied, 'There
 87 15|          superior men preserve it.~2. 'Shun clearly understood
 88 15|        wine, and loved good words.~2. 'T'ang held fast the Mean,
 89 15|          waiting for the morning.'~2. 'The Shang of Tsin, the
 90 15|           mere sage does the same.~2. 'Although I could not be
 91 16|           held without any blame?'~2. 'The people of Chang sent
 92 16|        their noses in passing her.~2. 'Though a man may be wicked,
 93 16|           is in its being natural.~2. 'What I dislike in your
 94 16|          place and spoke with him.~2. Mencius did not speak with
 95 16|         benevolence and propriety.~2. 'The benevolent man loves
 96 16|            Confucius praised them.~2. The disciple Yen, in an
 97 16|     venture to ask why you do so.'~2. Mencius replied, 'There
 98 16|          took part in the matter.'~2. When Tsze-sze was living
 99 16|            his wife and concubine.~2. In the view of a superior
100 17|           full of earnest desire.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'When his
101 17|            he did not inform them!~2. Wan Chang said, 'As to
102 17|        that it was banishing him?'~2. Wan Chang said, 'Shun banished
103 17|         this case two sovereigns.'~2. Hsien-ch'iû Mang said, '
104 18|            the throne to another.'~2. 'Yes; -- but Shun had the
105 18|         the son of our sovereign."~2. 'That Tan-chû was not equal
106 18|            of cookery. Was it so?'~2. Mencius replied, 'No, it
107 18|            fond of strange things.~2. 'When he was in Wei, he
108 18|            fond of strange things.~2. 'Pâi-lî Hsî was a man of
109 19|        weak acquire determination.~2. 'Î Yin said, "Whom may
110 19|  determined by the House of Châu?'~2. Mencius replied, 'The particulars
111 19|        assumptions of superiority.~2. 'There was Mang Hsien,
112 19|           The feeling of respect.'~2. 'How is it,' pursued Chang, '
113 20|           marries on that account.~2. 'He who takes office on
114 20|        accordance with propriety.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'If the
115 20|       interviews with the prince.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'If a common
116 20|           scholars of the kingdom.~2. 'When a scholar feels that
117 20|            ought to dethrone him.'~2. The king on this looked
118 21|       bowls from the ch'î-willow.'~2. Mencius replied, 'Can you,
119 21| indifferent to the east and west.'~2. Mencius replied, 'Water
120 21|           is what we call nature!'~2. Mencius asked him, 'Do
121 21|        external and not internal.'~2. Mencius asked him, 'What
122 21|        righteousness is internal?'~2. Kung-tû replied, 'We therein
123 21|          is neither good nor bad."~2. 'Some say, "Man's nature
124 21|      ensnared and drowned in evil.~2. 'There now is barley. --
125 21|            nature of the mountain?~2. 'And so also of what properly
126 22|         that the king is not wise!~2. 'Suppose the case of the
127 22|          and choose righteousness.~2. 'I like life indeed, but
128 22|       righteousness is man's path.~2. 'How lamentable is it to
129 22|            finger of other people.~2. 'When a man's finger is
130 22|        where it should be applied?~2. 'Some parts of the body
131 22|            little are little men.'~2. Kung-tû pursued, 'All are
132 22|   constitutes the nobility of man.~2. 'The men of antiquity cultivated
133 22|          nobility of man as well.'~2. 'The honour which men confer
134 22|            who are not benevolent.~2. 'The final issue will simply
135 22|            amount of benevolence.'~2. 'A master-workman, in teaching
136 23|            is the more important.'~2. 'Is the gratifying the
137 23|           Mencius replied, It is.'~2. Chiâo went on, 'I have
138 23|         expresses,' was the reply.~2. Mencius answered, 'How
139 23|     Mencius met him in Shih-ch'iû.~2. 'Master, where are you
140 23|          received in the same way.~2. Subsequently, going from
141 23|            way of the benevolent?'~2. Mencius replied, 'There
142 24|       sinners against the princes.~2. 'The sovereign visited
143 24|        Shan commander of his army.~2. Mencius said, 'To employ
144 24|          him is to enrich a Chieh.~2. 'Or they will say, "We
145 24|          What do you think of it?'~2. Mencius said, 'Your way
146 24|           superior to that of Yü.'~2. Mencius replied, 'You are
147 24|           that I could not sleep.'~2. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked, '
148 24|         possible for it to be so?'~2. 'If received with the utmost
149 24|         Hsî from the market-place.~2. 'Thus, when Heaven is about
150 25|           nature, he knows Heaven.~2. 'To preserve one's mental
151 25|        correctly ascribed thereto.~2. 'Therefore, he who has
152 25|            which are in ourselves.~2. 'When the seeking is according
153 25|            already complete in us.~2. 'There is no greater delight
154 25|          his approximation to it.'~2. 'Those who form contrivances
155 25|         you about such travelling.~2. 'If a prince acknowledge
156 25|           air of deep contentment.~2. 'Though he slay them, they
157 25|           reputation for kindness.~2. 'Good government does not
158 25|         their intuitive knowledge.~2. 'Children carried in the
159 25|            an irresistible flood.'~2. 'They are the friendless
160 25|           for their intelligence.'~2. 'There are ministers who
161 25|         and others are rectified.'~2. 'That his father and mother
162 25|           delights in is not here.~2. 'To stand in the centre
163 25|      object for them to gather to.~2. 'Around the homestead with
164 25|           people may be made rich.~2. 'Let it be seen to that
165 26|            of the words of others.~2. 'There is an art in the
166 26|             is a disciple of Shun.~2. 'He who rises at cock-crowing,
167 26|            would not have done it.~2. 'The philosopher Mo loves
168 26|          are also injured by them.~2. 'If a man can prevent the
169 26|          the princes feigned them.~2. 'Having borrowed them long
170 26|           were again much pleased.~2. 'When worthies are ministers,
171 26|           the unemployed scholar?'~2. Mencius replied, 'To exalt
172 26|            been done in the case?'~2. Mencius said, 'Kâo-yâo
173 26|           s sons in this respect?'~2. Mencius said, 'The residence,
174 26|          him as a domestic animal.~2. 'Honouring and respecting
175 26|          away with it altogether.'~2. Mencius said, 'That is
176 26|          man effects his teaching.~2. 'There are some on whom
177 26|           daily exert themselves!'~2. Mencius said, 'A great
178 26|       along with one's principles.~2. 'I have not heard of one'
179 26|         answer him. Why was that?'~2. Mencius replied, 'I do
180 26|            behave shabbily to all.~2. 'He who advances with precipitation
181 26|        affection for the virtuous.~2. 'Not to be able to keep
182 27|            to what they care for.'~2. 'Kung-sun Ch'âu said, '
183 27|           war better than another.~2. '"Correction" is when the
184 27|          give entire credit to it.~2. 'In the "Completion of
185 27|          They are great criminals.~2. 'If the ruler of a State
186 27|            guard against violence.~2. 'Nowadays, it is to exercise
187 27|        will become empty and void.~2. 'Without the rules of propriety
188 27|         sovereign is the lightest.~2. 'Therefore to gain the
189 27|           from the mouths of men.'~2. Mencius observed, 'There
190 27|            than that of king Wan.'~2. Mencius observed, 'On what
191 27|          not do so a second time.'~2. Mencius said, 'To do it
192 28|           them, "It is my nature."~2. 'The exercise of love between
193 28|           a good man, a real man.'~2. 'What do you mean by "A
194 28|            and simply be received.~2. 'Those who nowadays dispute
195 28|          it, he could not find it.~2. On this, some one asked
196 28|  righteousness will be the result.~2. 'If a man can give full
197 28|  principles are contained in them.~2. 'The principle which the
198 28|       returning to natural virtue.~2. 'When all the movements,
199 28|            their pomp and display.~2. 'Halls several times eight
200 28|          bear to eat sheep-dates.'~2. Kung-sun Ch'âu asked, saying, '
201 28|         ambitious scholars of Lû?'~2. Mencius replied, 'Confucius
202 28|     transmitted, and so knew them.~2. 'From T'ang to king Wan