Chapter

 1 1 |       topics.~4. 'If your Majesty say, "What is to be done to
 2 1 |           the great officers will say, "What is to be done to
 3 1 |        and the common people will say, "What is to be done to
 4 1 |             Let your Majesty also say, "Benevolence and righteousness,
 5 1 |        them. When people die, you say, "It is not owing to me;
 6 1 |       Majesty not to doubt what I say.'~
 7 2 |         north sea with it, if you say to people -- "I am not able
 8 2 |       order of a superior, if you say to people -- "I am not able
 9 3 |      heads, knit their brows, and say to one another, "That's
10 3 |      heads, knit their brows, and say to one another, "That's
11 3 |            and with joyful looks, say to one another, "That sounds
12 3 |            and with joyful looks, say to one another, "That looks
13 4 |          When all those about you say, -- "This is a man of talents
14 4 |           your great officers all say, -- "This is a man of talents
15 4 |           it. When all the people say, -- "This is a man of talents
16 4 |          When all those about you say, -- "This man won't do,"
17 4 |           all your great officers say, -- "This man won't do,"
18 4 |          When all those about you say, -- "This man deserves death,"
19 4 |           all your great officers say, -- "This man deserves death,"
20 4 |         them. When the people all say,"This man deserves death,"
21 4 |         follow me," what shall we say?~2. 'Here now you have a
22 4 | government of the State, then you say, -- "For the present put
23 4 |         come upon me. What do you say to my taking possession
24 4 |           On the other hand, some say, "The kingdom is a thing
25 5 |        greatly prevailed. Now you say that the royal dignity might
26 5 |    subordinate to it. Therefore I say, -- Maintain firm the will,
27 5 |           âu observed, 'Since you say -- "The will is chief, and
28 5 |     subordinate," how do you also say, "Maintain firm the will,
29 5 |          then asked, 'What do you say of Po-î and Î Yin?' 'Their
30 5 |           was the way of Po-î. To say -- "Whom may I not serve?
31 6 |           in the palm.~3. 'When I say that all men have a mind
32 6 |        these four principles, yet say of themselves that they
33 7 |           Mencius on the way, and say to him, 'I beg that, before
34 7 |          but in their hearts they say, "This man is not fit to
35 7 |   inferior to them?" Now shall we say that these sentiments are
36 8 |          But formerly I heard you say -- "The superior man does
37 11|           7. 'Sung is not, as you say, practising true royal government,
38 13|        violence to one's self. To say -- "I am not able to dwell
39 14|     anything left, he was sure to say, "There is." After the death
40 17|        free of sorrow. Shun would say, "I exert my strength to
41 18|         accepted him. Therefore I say, "Heaven does not speak.
42 18|          Mencius, saying, 'People say, "When the disposal of the
43 18|          Mencius, saying, 'People say that Î Yin sought an introduction
44 18|      asked Mencius, saying, 'Some say that Confucius, when he
45 18|        Chang asked Mencius, 'Some say that Pâi-lî Hsî sold himself
46 18|        such a thing; and shall we say that a man of talents and
47 19|          rank presents a gift, to say in the mind, "Was the way
48 20|       thus displeased, did he not say within himself, -- "With
49 21|        Mencius asked him, 'Do you say that by nature you mean
50 21|        you mean life, just as you say that white is white?' 'Yes,
51 21|           myself, and therefore I say that benevolence is internal.
52 21|          the age, and therefore I say that righteousness is external.'~
53 21|         such things, and will you say likewise that our enjoyment
54 21|           to your uncle?" He will say, "To my younger brother."
55 21|   occupies," and you can likewise say, "So my respect to the villager
56 21|           good nor bad."~2. 'Some say, "Man's nature may be made
57 21|         what was cruel."~3. 'Some say, "The nature of some is
58 21|           Pî-Kan.~4. 'And now you say, "The nature is good." Then
59 21|          no eyes.~8. 'Therefore I say, -- Men's mouths agree in
60 21|       similarly approve? It is, I say, the principles of our nature,
61 22|         not extinguished, were to say that water cannot subdue
62 23|        Mencius asked, 'Why did he say so?' 'Because of the murmuring
63 23|         the things offeredred, we say there is no offering, that
64 24|        other princes, and hence I say that they were sinners against
65 24|     prohibitions, and therefore I say that the princes of the
66 24|       wickedness, and therefore I say that the Great officers
67 24| now-a-days serve their sovereigns say, "We can for our sovereign
68 24|           Chieh.~2. 'Or they will say, "We can for our sovereign
69 24|       love what is good, men will say, "How self-conceited he
70 24|       observances, and they could say to themselves that the prince
71 26|            and you were merely to say to him "Gently, gently,
72 26|         Ch'âu asked, 'What do you say of this?'~4. Mencius replied, '
73 27|          said, 'There are men who say -- "I am skilful at marshalling
74 27|             On what ground do you say so?' and the other replied, '
75 28|         the superior man does not say of his pursuit of them, "
76 28|         The superior man does not say, in reference to them, "
77 28|      replied, 'They are those who say, "Why are they so magniloquent?
78 28|          to their words, but they say, "The ancients! The ancients!