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The Sayings of Mencius

Words attributed to Mencius

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  • What korrents draws from it

    If a ruler asks only what will profit his kingdom, high and low will seize profit from each other and the kingdom will be endangered, Rulers who are wise and good take pleasure in their parks; those who are not cannot enjoy them, A ruler who lets people die of famine and blames the bad year is like a killer who blames the weapon …

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Key facts

Edition korrents quotes
tr. James Legge, in Chinese Literature, 19002
Claims on korrents
81

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. If a ruler asks only what will profit his kingdom, high and low will seize profit from each other and the kingdom will be endangered (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Rulers who are wise and good take pleasure in their parks; those who are not cannot enjoy them (opens korrents.com)1

  3. A ruler who lets people die of famine and blames the bad year is like a killer who blames the weapon (opens korrents.com)1

  4. A ruler who keeps fat horses while his people starve is leading beasts to devour men (opens korrents.com)1

  5. The realm can be united by a ruler who takes no pleasure in killing people (opens korrents.com)1

  6. A king who fails to win the realm fails because he does not act, not because he is unable to (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

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  • MenciusThe words it records are attributed to them

Sources

  1. The Sayings of Mencius, as compiled by his disciples (tr. James Legge, in Chinese Literature, 1900) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Sayings of Mencius, as compiled by his disciples (tr. James Legge, in Chinese Literature, 1900) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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