1. When Mencius went to T＇?ng, he was lodged in the upper palace. A sandal in the process of making had been placed there in a window,
CHAPTER 28. THE PRECIOUS THINGS OF A PRINCE, AND THE DANGER OF OVERLOOKING THE FOR OTHER THINGS. 土,—"the productive ground", and 地,—"land generally". 人 as distinguished from 民= "officers", but the terms are not to be taken separately. So of 政事; see ch. xii.
CHAPTER 29. HOW MENCIUS PREDICTED BEFOREHAND THE DEATH OF P＇WAN-SHING KWOH.
Comp. Conf. prediction of Tsze-loo＇s death, Con. Ana., XI, xi. Little is known of this Kwoh. He is said to have begun learning with Mencius, but to have soon gone away, disappointed by what he heard.
CHAPTER 30. THE GENEROUS SPIRIT OF MENCIUS IN DISPENSING HIS INSTRUCTIONS.
This, which is the lesson of the chapter, only comes out at the end, and has been commemorated, as being the remark of an individual, not of extraordinary character, and at first disposed to find fault with Mencius＇s disciples.
1. 之滕,—之=往. 宫,—comp. 雪宫, I, Pt. II, iv. This was evidently a palace appropriately by the duke of T＇?ng for the lodging of honorable visitors.
and when the keeper of the place came to look for it,he could not find it.
2. On this, some one asked Mencius, saying，"Is it thus that your followers pilfer?"Mencius replied, "Do you think that they came here to pilfer the sandal?"The man said, "I apprehend not. But you, Master, having arranged to give lessons, do not go back to inquire into the past, and you do not reject those who come to you.If they come with the mind to learn, you receive them without any more ado."
