Friday, November 9, 2012

Mencius - Book 6, Part 2, Chapter 10A

Pâi Kwei said, 'I want to take a twentieth of the produce only as the tax. What do you think of it?'

Mencius said, 'Your way would be that of the Mo.

'In a country of ten thousand families, would it do to have only one potter?' Kwei replied, 'No. The vessels would not be enough to use.'
~ James Legge translation via nothingistic.org ~
 Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Works of Mencius.

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