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  1 1 |            with counsels to profit my kingdom?'~3. Mencius replied, 'Why
  2 1 |               to be done to profit my kingdom?" the great officers will
  3 1 |               from the other, and the kingdom will be endangered. In the
  4 1 |            will be endangered. In the kingdom of ten thousand chariots,
  5 1 |             thousand chariots. In the kingdom of a thousand chariots,
  6 1 |               in the government of my kingdom, I do indeed exert my mind
  7 2 |             he asked me, "How can the kingdom be settled?" I replied, "
  8 2 |          treated: -- do this, and the kingdom may be made to go round
  9 2 |             court, to rule the Middle Kingdom, and to attract to you the
 10 2 |               all the officers in the kingdom to wish to stand in your
 11 2 |                and all throughout the kingdom who feel aggrieved by their
 12 3 |            music were very great, the kingdom of Ch'î would be near to
 13 3 |        arrived at the borders of your kingdom, I inquired about the great
 14 3 |          pitfall in the middle of the kingdom. Is it not with reason that
 15 3 |              and protection the whole kingdom. He who stands in awe of
 16 3 |           love and protection his own kingdom.~3. 'It is said in the Book
 17 3 |              to all the people of the kingdom.~7. 'In the Book of History
 18 3 |              disorderly course in the kingdom, and king Wû was ashamed
 19 3 |              to all the people of the kingdom.~8. 'Let now your Majesty
 20 3 |              to all the people of the kingdom. The people are only afraid
 21 3 |               of joy will pervade the kingdom ; a sympathy of sorrow will
 22 3 |              the four borders of your kingdom there is not good government,
 23 4 |              men speak of "an ancient kingdom," it is not meant thereby
 24 4 |               possession of it. For a kingdom of ten thousand chariots,
 25 4 |             government throughout the kingdom. That was T'ang. I have
 26 4 |          commenced with Ko. The whole kingdom had confidence in him. When
 27 4 |               proper? The rest of the kingdom is indeed jealously afraid
 28 4 |            which sets the arms of the kingdom in in motion.~4. 'If your
 29 4 |             saying, 'T'ang is a small kingdom, and lies between Ch'î and
 30 4 |            other hand, some say, "The kingdom is a thing to be kept from
 31 5 |             penetrated throughout the kingdom. It required king Wû and
 32 5 |              and sage sovereigns. The kingdom had been attached to Yin
 33 5 |              court, and possessed the kingdom as if it had been a thing
 34 6 |              princes requires a large kingdom. He who, using virtue, practises
 35 6 |               is the sovereign of the kingdom. To become the sovereign
 36 6 |           become the sovereign of the kingdom, a prince need not wait
 37 6 |             need not wait for a large kingdom. T'ang did it with only
 38 6 |            trust. When throughout his kingdom there is leisure and rest
 39 6 |            able rightly to govern his kingdom, who will dare to insult
 40 6 |               all the scholars of the kingdom will be pleased, and wish
 41 6 |           then all the traders of the kingdom will be pleased, and wish
 42 6 |             all the travellers of the kingdom will be pleased, and wish
 43 6 |             all the husbandmen of the kingdom will be pleased, and wish
 44 6 |            then all the people of the kingdom will be pleased, and wish
 45 6 |              have an enemy in all the kingdom, and he who has no enemy
 46 6 |               who has no enemy in the kingdom is the minister of Heaven.
 47 6 |               government, to rule the kingdom was as easy a matter as
 48 7 |             mountains and rivers; the kingdom is overawed, not by the
 49 7 |              highest point, the whole kingdom becomes obedient to the
 50 7 |            When one to whom the whole kingdom is prepared to be obedient,
 51 7 |             real principle. -- In the kingdom there are three things universally
 52 7 |                9. 'Now throughout the kingdom, the territories of the
 53 8 |        somewhere in the middle of the kingdom, and to support his disciples
 54 8 |               the people of the whole kingdom. I am hoping that the king
 55 8 |            does not yet wish that the kingdom should enjoy tranquillity
 56 9 |            former princes of Lû, that kingdom which we honour, have, none
 57 9 |             proper way of governing a kingdom.~2. Mencius said, 'The business
 58 9 |            will by them make new your kingdom.'~13. The duke afterwards
 59 9 |             more central parts of the kingdom, to make the people pay
 60 10|              it the government of the kingdom which alone can be carried
 61 10|         another throughout the Middle Kingdom. To Yâo alone this caused
 62 10|              the people of the Middle Kingdom to cultivate the ground
 63 10|             man who shall benefit the kingdom, is called "benevolence."
 64 10|             man who shall benefit the kingdom is difficult.~11. 'Confucius
 65 10|              having possession of the kingdom, and yet seeming as if it
 66 10|                In their governing the kingdom, were there no subjects
 67 10|              northwards to the Middle Kingdom and studied them. Among
 68 10|         market, nor any deceit in the kingdom. If a boy of five cubits
 69 10|         standard, that must throw the kingdom into confusion. If large
 70 10|             change the customs of the kingdom; -- how does he regard them
 71 11|                6. Hsiâo pursued, 'The kingdom of Tsin is one, as well
 72 11|             then Shun's receiving the kingdom from Yâo is not to be considered
 73 11|             desires the riches of the kingdom, but to avenge a common
 74 11|               had not an enemy in the kingdom. When he pursued his work
 75 12|        channels, inundated the Middle Kingdom. Snakes and dragons occupied
 76 12|               of the tyrant Châu, the kingdom was again in a state of
 77 13|             the tranquil order of the kingdom.~2. 'There are now princes
 78 13|            benevolence overspread the kingdom.~6. 'Hence we have the saying: -- "
 79 13|         constitutes the calamity of a kingdom. It is not the cultivable
 80 13|             himself be slain, and his kingdom will perish. If one stop
 81 13| notwithstanding be in danger, and his kingdom will be weakened. He will
 82 13|          person is correct, the whole kingdom will turn to him with recognition
 83 13|           this common saying, -- "The kingdom, the State, the family."
 84 13|              family." The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root
 85 13|              be affected by the whole kingdom. When this is the case,
 86 13|            government prevails in the kingdom, princes of little virtue
 87 13|            government prevails in the kingdom, princes of small power
 88 13|              sure to give laws to the kingdom.~5. 'It is said in the Book
 89 13|           have no opponent in all the kingdom.~6. 'Now they wish to have
 90 13|           have no opponent in all the kingdom, but they do not seek to
 91 13|             There is a way to get the kingdom: -- get the people, and
 92 13|               get the people, and the kingdom is got. There is a way to
 93 13|             the present rulers of the kingdom, there were one who loved
 94 13|         otherwise can you improve the kingdom?~You will only with it go
 95 14|               greatest old men of the kingdom. When they came to follow
 96 14|             it was the fathers of the kingdom coming to follow him. When
 97 14|               When the fathers of the kingdom joined him, how could the
 98 14|              to be giving laws to the kingdom.'~1. Mencius said, 'Ch'iû
 99 14|                K'wan said, 'The whole kingdom is drowning. How strange
100 14|         Mencius answered, 'A drowning kingdom must be rescued with right
101 14|             you wish me to rescue the kingdom with my hand?'~2. Mencius
102 14|            rectify the ruler, and the kingdom will be firmly settled.'~
103 14|               that delight, the whole kingdom was transformed. When Kû-sâu
104 14|               fathers and sons in the kingdom were established in their
105 15|        practice throughout the Middle Kingdom, it was like uniting the
106 16|               thought that in all the kingdom only Î was superior to himself,
107 16|          became an example to all the kingdom, and his conduct was worthy
108 16|        thought that if any one in the kingdom were drowned, it was as
109 16|        thought that if any one in the kingdom suffered hunger, it was
110 16|           said, 'Throughout the whole kingdom everybody pronounces K'wang
111 17|                Of the scholars of the kingdom there were multitudes who
112 17|           Shun should superintend the kingdom along with him, and then
113 17|               all the scholars of the kingdom, is what men desire, but
114 17|              what men desire, and the kingdom was the rich property of
115 17|              thus punished, the whole kingdom acquiesced: -- it was a
116 17|            perilous condition was the kingdom! Its state was indeed unsettled." --
117 17|        nourishing them with the whole kingdom. Kû-sâu was the father of
118 17|          nourished him with the whole kingdom; -- this was the height
119 18|             river. The princes of the kingdom, however, repairing to court,
120 18|            that he went to the Middle Kingdom, and occupied the seat of
121 18|              When the disposal of the kingdom came to Yü, his virtue was
122 18|              so. When Heaven gave the kingdom to the worthiest, it was
123 18|        Yang-ch'ang. The people of the kingdom followed him just as after
124 18|              the throne.~4. 'When the kingdom is possessed by natural
125 18|             became sovereign over the kingdom. After the demise of T'ang,
126 18|           among all the people of the kingdom, even the private men and
127 18|               the heavy charge of the kingdom in this way, and therefore
128 18|             thereby rectify the whole kingdom? The actions of the sages
129 18|          distinguished throughout the kingdom, and worthy of being handed
130 19|               the purification of the kingdom. Therefore when men now
131 19|           among all the people of the kingdom, even the common men and
132 19|               the heavy charge of the kingdom.~3. 'Hûi of Liû-hsiâ was
133 20|          distinguished throughout the kingdom shall make friends of all
134 20|              virtuous scholars of the kingdom.~2. 'When a scholar feels
135 20|              virtuous scholars of the kingdom is not sufficient to satisfy
136 22|               chess-player in all the kingdom. Suppose that he is teaching
137 23|              are of no advantage to a kingdom!'~4. Mencius said, 'The
138 24|              But now it is the Middle Kingdom that we live in. To banish
139 24|                With but few potters a kingdom cannot subsist; -- how much
140 24|             for the government of the kingdom; -- how much more is it
141 24|              external calamities, his kingdom will generally come to ruin.~
142 25|          dignity, they made the whole kingdom virtuous as well.'~Mencius
143 25|            principles, throughout the kingdom, proceed so to carry them
144 25|             he can get from the whole kingdom the most talented individuals,
145 25|              and to be ruler over the kingdom is not one of them.'~1.
146 25|            stand in the centre of the kingdom, and tranquillize the people
147 25|            there were a prince in the kingdom, who knew well how to nourish
148 25|            things. A sage governs the kingdom so as to cause pulse and
149 26|              have benefited the whole kingdom by plucking out a single
150 26|              could have benefited the kingdom, he would have done it.~
151 26|             said, 'Supposing that the kingdom of Ch'î were offered, contrary
152 26|               regarded abandoning the kingdom as throwing away a worn-out
153 26|             and happy, forgetting the kingdom.'~1. Mencius, going from
154 26|     principles prevail throughout the kingdom, one's principles must appear
155 26|         principles disappear from the kingdom, one's person must vanish
156 27|             will have no enemy in the kingdom.~3. When T'ang was executing
157 28|         personal cultivation, but the kingdom is thereby tranquillized.~