Chapter

 1 1 |     fishes leaping about!" ~'King Wan used the strength of the
 2 2 | transactions of Hwan of Ch'î, and Wan of Tsin?'~2. Mencius replied, '
 3 2 |           the affairs of Hwan and WAn, and therefore they have
 4 2 |           language shows how king Wan simply took his kindly heart,
 5 3 |         so, that the park of king Wan contained seventy square
 6 3 |          this?' 'The park of king Wan,' was the reply, 'contained
 7 3 |           ang served Ko, and king Wan served the Kwan barbarians.
 8 3 |       This was the valour of king Wan. King Wan, in one burst
 9 3 |          valour of king Wan. King Wan, in one burst of his anger,
10 3 |   Formerly,' was the reply, 'king Wan's government of Ch'î was
11 3 |        tell their wants, and king Wan, in the institution of his
12 4 |       this principle, namely king Wan.~4. 'When, with all the
13 4 |      their officers.'~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius,
14 4 |        proper course.~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius,
15 4 |       your business.'~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius,
16 5 |         increased. There was king Wan, moreover, with all the
17 5 |       easily obtained: -- is king Wan then not a sufficient object
18 5 |       Mencius said, 'How can king Wan be matched? From T'ang to
19 5 |         was on his side, and king Wan at his beginning had only
20 6 |         only seventy lî, and king Wan with only a hundred.~2. '
21 9 |           prince, afterwards duke Wan of T'ang, had to go to Ch'
22 9 |           Kung-Ming Î said, "King Wan is my teacher. How should
23 9 |          and weeping.~1. The duke Wan of T'ang asked Mencius about
24 9 |       said with reference to king Wan. Do you practise those things
25 10|       gate, he addressed the duke Wan, saying, 'A man of a distant
26 10|         of your people.' The duke Wan gave him a dwelling-place.
27 11|            but the work done.'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
28 12|   splendid were the plans of king Wan! Greatly were they carried
29 13|           plan is to imitate king Wan. Let one imitate king Wan,
30 13|         Wan. Let one imitate king Wan, and in five years, if his
31 14|         heard of the rise of king Wan, he roused himself, and
32 14|         heard of the rise of king Wan, he roused himself, and
33 14|          they came to follow king Wan, it was the fathers of the
34 14|   practise the government of king Wan, within seven years he would
35 14|     smiling manner?'~1. Shun-yü K'wan said, 'Is it the rule that
36 14|      replied, 'It is the rule.' K'wan asked, 'If a man's sister-in-law
37 14|          peculiar exigency.'~2. K'wan said, 'The whole kingdom
38 15|      tribes on the east.~2. 'King Wan was born in Châu by mount
39 15|          they came from.~3. 'King Wan looked on the people as
40 15|        affairs of Hwan of Chî and Wan of Tsin, and its style was
41 17|                     Chapter 17~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
42 17|       full of earnest desire.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'When his parents
43 17|           s was towards them.'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
44 17|           did not inform them!~2. Wan Chang said, 'As to Shun'
45 17|         his daughters to him.'~3. Wan Chang said, 'His parents
46 17|          hypocrisy was there?'~1. Wan Chang said, 'Hsiang made
47 17|         it was banishing him?'~2. Wan Chang said, 'Shun banished
48 17|           affection and love?'~3. Wan Chang said, 'I venture to
49 18|                     Chapter 18~1. Wan Chang said, 'Was it the
50 18|           as my people hear."'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
51 18|       same in all the cases."'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
52 18|           I commenced in Po."'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
53 18|          have been Confucius?'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, 'Some
54 19|         to these differences.'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
55 19|        each case is the same.'~1. Wan Chang asked Mencius, saying, '
56 19|    presents are not declined.'~3. Wan Chang asked again, 'When
57 19|       would have received it.'~4. Wan Chang said, 'Here now is
58 20|         it is a shame to him.'~1. Wan Chang said, 'What is the
59 20|    accordance with propriety.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'If the prince
60 20|         to a king or a duke."'~1. Wan Chang said, 'I venture to
61 20|   interviews with the prince.'~2. Wan Chang said, 'If a common
62 20|        lower people see it."' ~9. Wan Chang said, 'When Confucius
63 20|       office.'~1. Mencius said to Wan Chang, 'The scholar whose
64 21|            and accordingly, under Wan and Wû, the people loved
65 23|            I have heard that king Wan was ten cubits high, and
66 23|           P'ing-lû.'~1. Shun-yü K'wan said, 'He who makes fame
67 23|     pursue the same course?'~3. K'wan pursued, 'In the time of
68 23|       dismemberment merely?'~5. K'wan urged again, 'Formerly,
69 25|       mass of men wait for a king Wan, and then they will receive
70 25|          the mass, without a king Wan, rouse themselves.'~Mencius
71 25|         heard of the rise of king Wan. He roused himself and said, "
72 25|         heard of the rise of king Wan, he said, "Why should I
73 25|          among the people of king Wan, there were no aged who
74 27|        This might be said of king Wan.'~Mencius said, 'Anciently,
75 27|          better than that of king Wan.'~2. Mencius observed, '
76 28|         the name is peculiar.'~1. Wan Chang asked, saying, 'Confucius,
77 28|         men of the villages.'~10. Wan Chang said, 'Their whole
78 28|            2. 'From T'ang to king Wan were 500 years and more.
79 28|         his doctrines, while king Wan heard them as transmitted,
80 28|          knew them.~3. 'From king Wan to Confucius were 500 years
81 28|         and San Î-shang, they saw Wan, and so knew his doctrines,