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  1 1 |     chariots, the murderer of his prince shall be the chief of a
  2 1 |        not find that there is any prince who exerts his mind as I
  3 1 |         them for doing so. When a prince, being the parent of his
  4 2 |        his kindness of heart by a prince will suffice for the love
  5 3 |     requires a perfectly virtuous prince to be able, with a great
  6 3 |            And it requires a wise prince to be able, with a small
  7 3 |            9. '"It is for you, my prince, to pursue your course."'~
  8 3 |       Make for me music to suit a prince and his minister pleased
  9 3 |           fault to restrain one's prince?" He who restrains his prince
 10 3 |     prince?" He who restrains his prince loves his prince.'~1. The
 11 3 |    restrains his prince loves his prince.'~1. The king Hsüan of Ch'
 12 4 |           I have never heard of a prince with a thousand lî standing
 13 4 |            We have waited for our prince long; the prince's coming
 14 4 |          for our prince long; the prince's coming will be our reviving!"~
 15 4 |          while, your granaries, 0 prince, have been stored with grain,
 16 4 |   officers to them. Do not you, 0 prince, blame them.~3. 'If you
 17 4 |           to the royal dignity. A prince lays the foundation of the
 18 4 |       What is that Ch'î to you, 0 prince? Be strong to do good. That
 19 4 |          troubled about having no prince? I will leave this." Accordingly,
 20 4 |          quit it."~3. 'I ask you, prince, to make your election between
 21 4 |         That you demean yourself, prince, in paying the honour of
 22 4 |          Do not go to see him, my prince.' The duke said, 'I will
 23 4 |        had an audience. He said, 'Prince, why have you not gone to
 24 4 |          said to him, 'I told the prince about you, and he was consequently
 25 4 |        men. My not finding in the prince of Lû a ruler who would
 26 5 |   possessed the confidence of his prince, how long he enjoyed the
 27 5 |             Kwan Chung raised his prince to be the leader of all
 28 5 |         princes, and Yen made his prince illustrious, and do you
 29 5 |          should he receive from a prince of ten thousand chariots.
 30 5 |    chariots. He viewed stabbing a prince of ten thousand chariots
 31 5 |          Mencius. 'Not to serve a prince whom he did not esteem,
 32 5 |        ceremonial ordinances of a prince, we know the character of
 33 6 |       sovereign of the kingdom, a prince need not wait for a large
 34 6 |     Benevolence brings glory to a prince, and the opposite of it
 35 6 |           low situation.~2. 'If a prince hates disgrace, the best
 36 6 |           way of governing?" If a prince is able rightly to govern
 37 6 |            and he who says of his prince that he cannot develop them
 38 6 |          plays the thief with his prince.~7. 'Since all men have
 39 6 |            Po-î would not serve a prince whom he did not approve,
 40 6 |          would not stand in a bad prince's court, nor speak with
 41 6 |        bad man. To stand in a bad prince's court, or to speak with
 42 6 |        ashamed to serve an impure prince, nor did he think it low
 43 7 |         relations revolt from the prince. When the being assisted
 44 7 |           becomes obedient to the prince.~5. 'When one to whom the
 45 7 |          there is the relation of prince and minister. These are
 46 7 |    principle is kindness. Between prince and minister the ruling
 47 7 |     moment's hesitation. When the prince's order calls, the carriage
 48 7 |        other two?~7. 'Therefore a prince who is to accomplish great
 49 7 |        them, he goes to them. The prince who does not honour the
 50 7 |           be called to him by his prince, how much less may he be
 51 7 |           for their expenses. The prince's message was, 'A present
 52 8 |        service of government. His prince declining to employ him,
 53 8 |       will remonstrate with their prince, and on their remonstrance
 54 9 |             Chapter 9~1. When the prince, afterwards duke Wan of
 55 9 |         Yâo and Shun.~3. When the prince was returning from Ch'û,
 56 9 |    Mencius. Mencius said to him, 'Prince, do you doubt my words?
 57 9 |           Ting of T'ang died, the prince said to Yen Yû, 'Formerly,
 58 9 |           his commission, and the prince determined that the three
 59 9 |           hand them down.'~4. The prince said again to Zan Yû, 'Hitherto,
 60 9 |           Confucius said, "When a prince dies, his successor entrusts
 61 9 |           business depends on the prince.'~5. Zan Yû returned with
 62 9 |           his commission, and the prince said, 'It is so. The matter
 63 9 |          said to him, 'Since your prince, wishing to put in practice
 64 9 |           adapt it depends on the prince and you.'~
 65 10|            I have heard that you, Prince, are practising a benevolent
 66 10|           We have heard that you, Prince, are putting into practice
 67 10|         following effect: -- 'The prince of T'ang is indeed a worthy
 68 10|          T'ang is indeed a worthy prince. He has not yet heard, however,
 69 10|          government. But now, the prince of T'ang has his granaries,
 70 10|           be deemed a real worthy prince?'~4. Mencius said,'I suppose
 71 11|        the loss of his State to a prince. It is said in the Book
 72 11|          in the Book of Rites, "A prince ploughs himself, and is
 73 11|          procedure to go from one prince to another and live upon
 74 11|            We have waited for our prince. When our prince comes,
 75 11|          for our prince. When our prince comes, we may escape from
 76 11|        heads, and looking for its prince, wishing to have him for
 77 12|        over his wall to avoid the prince. Hsieh Liû shut his door,
 78 12|           and would not admit the prince. These two, however, carried
 79 12|    scrupulosity to excess. When a prince is urgent, it is not improper
 80 13|           below him.~8. 'When the prince has no principles by which
 81 13|           deemed, who serve their prince without righteousness, who
 82 13|     daughter to be married to the prince of Wû.~3. 'Now the small
 83 13|          multitude." Thus, if the prince of a state love benevolence,
 84 14|           we perceive that when a prince was not practising benevolent
 85 14|       vehement to fight for their prince! When contentions about
 86 14|           not plunder others. The prince who treats men with despite
 87 14|         sovereign's mind. Let the prince be benevolent, and all his
 88 14|       will be benevolent. Let the prince be righteous, and all his
 89 14|        will be righteous. Let the prince be correct, and everything
 90 15|          Hsüan of Ch'î, 'When the prince regards his ministers as
 91 15|        his ministers regard their prince as their belly and heart;
 92 15|         has left the service of a prince. How must a prince behave
 93 15|           of a prince. How must a prince behave that his old ministers
 94 15|           leaves the country, the prince sends an escort to conduct
 95 15|         of consideration." When a prince acts thus, mourning will
 96 15|           leaves the country, the prince tries to seize him and hold
 97 16|           to-day, however, is the prince's business, which I dare
 98 16|          I go away, whom will the prince have to guard the State
 99 17|         cover up the city-forming prince, the merit is all mine.
100 17|             He raised him to be a prince. Some supposed that it was
101 17|      mountain Ch'ung; he slew the prince of San-miâo in San-wei;
102 17|         Shun raised him to be the prince of Yû-pî; -- of what crimes
103 17|    brother, he raised him to be a prince.' Mencius replied, 'A benevolent
104 17|   appointment of Hsiang to be the prince of Yû-pî was to enrich and
105 17|        government, to receive the prince of Yû-pî.~1. Hsien-ch'iû
106 18|       give that man the throne. A prince can present a man to the
107 18|      sovereign to make that man a prince. A great officer can present
108 18|          can present a man to his prince, but he cannot cause the
109 18|           but he cannot cause the prince to make that man a great
110 18|        farmer in the lands of the prince of Hsin, delighting in the
111 18|        had I not better make this prince a prince like Yâo or Shun,
112 18|         better make this prince a prince like Yâo or Shun, and this
113 18|    minister of Ch'in, he made his prince distinguished throughout
114 18|    accomplish all the aims of his prince, even a villager who had
115 19|       sound. He would not serve a prince whom he did not approve,
116 19|        ashamed to serve an impure prince, nor did he think it low
117 20|        When a scholar stands in a prince's court, and his principles
118 20|           a stated support from a prince?' Mencius replied, 'He does
119 20|          presume to do so. When a prince loses his State, and then
120 20|       stated support from another prince, this is in accordance with
121 20|           Wan Chang said, 'If the prince send him a present of grain,
122 20|           accept it?' 'Why -- the prince ought to assist the people
123 20|      scholar will thus accept the prince's help, but will not accept
124 20|       take their support from the prince. He who without a regular
125 20|     should receive the pay of the prince must be deemed disrespectful.'~
126 20|           4. Chang asked, 'If the prince sends a scholar a present,
127 20|       forth I shall know that the prince supports me as a dog or
128 20|         with the presents. When a prince professes to be pleased
129 20|          must be offered with the prince's commission, and the scholar,
130 20|   presenting it as if without the prince's express commission. Tsze-sze
131 20| considered that the meat from the prince's caldron, giving him the
132 20|          have interviews with the prince.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'If
133 20|          that a scholar, when the prince, wishing to see him, calls
134 20|           right to go and see the prince.'~3. 'And,' added Mencius, '
135 20|       what account is it that the prince wishes to see the scholar?' '
136 20|         his character!~8. 'When a prince wishes to see a man of talents
137 20|       When Confucius received the prince's message calling him, he
138 20|        noble and relatives of the prince, and there are those who
139 20|        noble and relatives of the prince.' Mencius answered, 'If
140 20|         Mencius answered, 'If the prince have great faults, they
141 20|        different surname from the prince. Mencius said, 'When the
142 20|           Mencius said, 'When the prince has faults, they ought to
143 21|          viscount of Wei, and the prince Pî-Kan.~4. 'And now you
144 23|      having an interview with the prince of Tsâu, and can ask him
145 23|         had reached either to the prince or the people, you have
146 23|        virtue, serve a degenerate prince. There was Î Yin; -- he
147 23|           disdain to serve a vile prince, nor did he decline a small
148 23|             4. Mencius said, 'The prince of Yü did not use Pâi-lî
149 23|    minister of Justice in Lû, the prince came not to follow his counsels.
150 24|        placed in office: then the prince was rewarded, -- rewarded
151 24|       hard taxgatherers: then the prince was reprimanded. If a prince
152 24|      prince was reprimanded. If a prince once omitted his attendance
153 24|       aids, the wickedness of his prince is small, but the crime
154 24|      against the princes.'~1. The prince of Lû wanted to make the
155 24|           superior man serves his prince contemplates simply the
156 24|           a Chieh.~3. 'Although a prince, pursuing the path of the
157 24|           hold of things?'~1. The prince of Lû wanting to commit
158 24|        say to themselves that the prince would carry their words
159 24|           polite demeanour of the prince, if their words were not
160 24|         that in which, though the prince could not be expected at
161 24|           out of his door. If the prince, on hearing of his state,
162 24|         understand them.~4. 'If a prince have not about his court
163 25|         such travelling.~2. 'If a prince acknowledge you and follow
164 25|         the old." If there were a prince in the kingdom, who knew
165 26|           the world!~3. 'When the prince of Lû went to Sung, he called
166 26|     keeper said, "This is not our prince. How is it that his voice
167 26|      voice is so like that of our prince?" This was occasioned by
168 27|      enemy under heaven. When the prince the most benevolent was
169 27|  sovereign is the way to become a prince of a State; to gain the
170 27|           of a State; to gain the prince of a State is the way to
171 27|         great officer.~3. 'When a prince endangers the altars of
172 28|          of personal service. The prince requires but one of these
173 28|          The precious things of a prince are three; -- the territory,