Thursday, November 29, 2012

Mencius - Book 7, Part 1, Chapter 30

Mencius said, 'Benevolence and righteousness were natural to Yâo and Shun. T'ang and Wû made them their own. The five chiefs of the princes feigned them.

'Having borrowed them long and not returned them, how could it be known they did not own them?'
~ James Legge translation via nothingistic.org ~
 Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Works of Mencius.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments are unmoderated, so you can write whatever you want.