Chapter

  1 1 |             In the Declaration of T'ang it is said, "O sun,
  2 2 |        such a thing as taking the T'âi mountain under your arm,
  3 2 |        case as that of taking the T'âi mountain under your arm,
  4 3 |         one, -- as, for instance, T'ang served Ko, and king
  5 3 |         large one, -- as the king T'âi served the Hsün-yü, and
  6 3 |        reply was, 'Formerly, king T'âi was fond of beauty, and
  7 3 |           Book of Poetry,~Kû-kung T'an-fû Came in the morning,
  8 4 |         you say, -- "This man won't do," don't listen to them.
  9 4 |           This man won't do," don't listen to them. When all
 10 4 |    officers say, -- "This man won't do," don't listen to them.
 11 4 |           This man won't do," don't listen to them. When the
 12 4 |         all sav, -- "This man won't do," then examine into the
 13 4 |         you find that the man won't do, send him away.~5. 'When
 14 4 |          man deserves death," don't listen to them. When all
 15 4 |          man deserves death," don't listen to them. When the
 16 4 |          saying, 'Was it so, that T'ang banished Chieh, and
 17 4 |  throughout the kingdom. That was T'ang. I have never heard
 18 4 |       Book of History, As soon as T'ang began his work of executing
 19 4 |     officers.'~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius, saying, '
 20 4 |           asked Mencius, saying, 'T'ang is a small kingdom,
 21 4 |        course.~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius, saying, '
 22 4 |     replied, 'Formerly, when king T'âi dwelt in Pin, the barbarians
 23 4 |     business.'~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius, saying, '
 24 4 |           asked Mencius, saying, 'T'ang is a small State. Though
 25 4 |     replied, 'Formerly, when king T'âi dwelt in Pin, the barbarians
 26 5 |         king Wan be matched? From T'ang to Wû-ting there had
 27 5 |       Fang-hwang among birds, the T'âi mountain among mounds
 28 6 |         wait for a large kingdom. T'ang did it with only seventy
 29 7 |        there was the behaviour of T'ang to Î Yin: -- he first
 30 7 |      might be taught.~10. 'So did T'ang behave to Î Yin, and
 31 7 |        one; the road from Ch'î to T'ang is not short. How was
 32 8 |          to his parents.'~1. Shan T'ung, on his own impulse,
 33 8 |             He replied, 'No. Shan T'ung asked me whether Yen
 34 8 |          king could not be made a T'ang or a Wû, that showed
 35 9 |            afterwards duke Wan of T'ang, had to go to Ch'û,
 36 9 |         by those words?"~5. 'Now, T'ang, taking its length with
 37 9 |          1. When the duke Ting of T'ang died, the prince said
 38 9 |     sword-exercise, and now I don't come up to the wishes of
 39 9 |       weeping.~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius about
 40 9 |       that is already observed in T'ang.~9. 'It is said in the
 41 9 |         Although the territory of T'Ang is narrow and small,
 42 10|           There came from Ch'û to T'ang one Hsü Hsing, who gave
 43 10|          backs, came from Sung to T'ang, saying, 'We have heard
 44 10|         effect: -- 'The prince of T'ang is indeed a worthy prince.
 45 10|            But now, the prince of T'ang has his granaries, treasuries,
 46 10|        the courses of the Tsî and T'â, and led them all to the
 47 11|            Mencius replied, 'When T'ang dwelt in Po, he adjoined
 48 11| neglecting his proper sacrifices. T'ang sent messengers to inquire
 49 11|      necessary victims." On this, T'ang caused oxen and sheep
 50 11|       continued not to sacrifice. T'ang again sent messengers
 51 11|       necessary millet." On this, T'ang sent the mass of the
 52 11|           his murder of this boy, T'ang proceeded to punish
 53 11|          man and woman."~4. 'When T'ang began his work of executing
 54 11|        more glorious than that of T'ang."~7. 'Sung is not, as
 55 13| illustrated in the passage of the T'âi Chiâ, "When Heaven sends
 56 13|           so Chieh and Châu aided T'ang and Wû, driving the
 57 14|          how to nourish the old." T'âi-kung, that he might avoid
 58 15|         and loved good words.~2. 'T'ang held fast the Mean,
 59 16|     learned archery from Yin-kung T'o, who again learned it
 60 16|         it from me. Now, Yin-kung T'o is an upright man, and
 61 16|     learned archery from Yin-kung T'o, who again learned it
 62 18|        throne.~5. 'Î Yin assisted T'ang so that he became sovereign
 63 18|      kingdom. After the demise of T'ang, T'âi-ting having died
 64 18|        After the demise of T'ang, T'âi-ting having died before
 65 18|        years, and Chung-zin four. T'âi-chiâ was then turning
 66 18|       upside down the statutes of T'ang, when Î Yin placed him
 67 18|          when Î Yin placed him in T'ung for three years. There
 68 18|        ung for three years. There T'âi-chiâ repented of his
 69 18|          and reformed himself. In T'ung be came to dwell in
 70 18|         Yin.~7. 'Confucius said, "T'ang and Yü resigned the
 71 18|         sought an introduction to T'ang by his knowledge of
 72 18|         taken a single straw.~3. 'T'ang sent persons with presents
 73 18|       with those silks with which T'ang invites me? Is it not
 74 18|  principles of Yâo and Shun?"~4. 'T'ang thrice sent messengers
 75 18|          and therefore he went to T'ang, and pressed upon him
 76 18|         sought an introduction to T'ang by the doctrines of
 77 19|       duke P'ing of Tsin with Hâi T'ang: -- when T'ang told
 78 19|           with Hâi T'ang: -- when T'ang told him to come into
 79 22|           wishes to cultivate the t'ung or the tsze, which may
 80 22|    inferior to their regard for a t'ung or tsze? Their want
 81 23|          was ten cubits high, and T'ang nine. Now I am nine
 82 23|             he five times went to T'ang, and five times went
 83 24|        not more than 100 lî. When T'âi-kung was invested with
 84 25|          how to nourish the old." T'âi-kung, to avoid Châu,
 85 26|        him small. He ascended the T'âi mountain, and all beneath
 86 26|          natural to Yâo and Shun. T'ang and Wû made them their
 87 26|         and therewith he banished T'â-chiâ to T'ung. The people
 88 26|           he banished T'â-chiâ to T'ung. The people were much
 89 26|           were much pleased. When T'â-chiâ became virtuous,
 90 26|        possesses a small one?'~1. T'âo Ying asked, saying, '
 91 26|        Sung, he called out at the T'ieh-châi gate, and the keeper
 92 26|       Kung-tû said, 'When Kang of T'ang made his appearance
 93 26|        were chargeable on Kang of T'ang.'~1. Mencius said, '
 94 27|           in the kingdom.~3. When T'ang was executing his work
 95 27|           ask that the granary of T'ang be opened for them.
 96 28|           1. When Mencius went to T'ang, he was lodged in the
 97 28|         what they were by nature; T'ang and Wû were so by returning
 98 28|         From Yâo and Shun down to T'ang were 500 years and more.
 99 28|       knew their doctrines, while T'ang heard their doctrines
100 28|        and so knew them.~2. 'From T'ang to king Wan were 500
101 28|        Yin, and Lâi Chû, they saw T'ang and knew his doctrines,
102 28|         500 years and more. As to T'âi-kung Wang and San Î-shang,