Chapter

 1 3 |       suits the manners of the present age.'~3. Mencius said, '
 2 3 |   government! The music of the present day is just like the music
 3 4 |  Majesty says to him, "For the present put aside what you have
 4 4 |      then you say, -- "For the present put aside what you have
 5 5 |      the farming seasons." The present time is one in which the
 6 5 |       farther removed than the present from the rise of a true
 7 5 |     were more intense than the present. The hungry readily partake
 8 5 |     and couriers."~13. 'At the present time, in a country of ten
 9 6 |         For the princes of the present day to hate disgrace and
10 7 |      Ch'î, the king sent you a present Of 2,400 taels of fine silver,
11 7 |       prince's message was, 'A present against travelling-expenses."
12 8 |        The superior men of the present time, when they have errors,
13 8 |        the superior men of the present day only persist in their
14 8 | Examining the character of the present time, we might expect the
15 10|        wish to see him, but at present I am still unwell. When
16 12|     Mencius, 'I am not able at present and immediately to do with
17 12|    some one sent his brother a present of a live goose. He, knitting
18 13|      to them.~4. 'If among the present rulers of the kingdom, there
19 13|         The case of one of the present princes wishing to become
20 17|      Formerly, some one sent a present of a live fish to Tsze-ch'
21 18|        was, 'The sovereign can present a man to Heaven, but he
22 18|       the throne. A prince can present a man to the sovereign,
23 18|    prince. A great officer can present a man to his prince, but
24 19|   Chang, 'that the declining a present is accounted disrespectful?'
25 19|      be questioned, and to the present day is clearly acknowledged.
26 19|      said, 'The princes of the present day take from their people
27 19|     collect the princes of the present day, and put them all to
28 20|       If the prince send him a present of grain, for instance,
29 20|       prince sends a scholar a present, he accepts it; -- I do
30 20|       do not know whether this present may be constantly repeated.'
31 20|       answered, 'At first, the present must be offered with the
32 20|     presented the introductory present and become ministers, should
33 22|      train.~3. 'The men of the present day cultivate their nobility
34 23|       his respects to him by a present of silks, which Mencius
35 23|      State, sent him a similar present, which he received in the
36 24|      kings. The princes of the present day are sinners against
37 24|      The Great officers of the present day are sinners against
38 24| relations." The princes of the present day all violate these five
39 24|        that the princes of the present day are sinners against
40 24|     great. The officers of the present day all go to meet their
41 24|      the Great officers of the present day are sinners against
42 24|       pursuing the path of the present day, and not changing its