 Therefore an intelligent ruler will regulate the livelihood of the people, so as to make sure that, for those above them, they shall have sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and, for those below them, sufficient wherewith to support their wives...  The Chinese Classics - Page 25by James Legge - 1870 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Legge - Chinese literature - 1875 - 424 pages
...deficient in intelligence and vigour, I should like to try at least [to institute such a government]." 21. " Therefore an intelligent ruler will regulate...abundantly satisfied, and that in bad years they shall not be in danger of perishing. After this he may urge them, and they will proceed to what is good,... | |
 | James Legge - 1875 - 422 pages
...How can such a thing as entrapping the people be done under the rule of a benevolent man ? 2 1 . " Therefore an intelligent ruler will regulate the livelihood...abundantly satisfied, and that in bad years they shall not be in danger of perishing. After this he may urge them, and they will proceed to what is good,... | |
 | James Legge - Philosophy, Chinese - 1875 - 420 pages
...a thing as entrapping the people be done under the rule of a benevolent man '{ ' 21. " Therefore|an intelligent ruler will regulate the livelihood of the people, so as to make svir? t.hat-, nl?"YPi thpy shall haza^sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and, ^ sufficient... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1882 - 444 pages
...protection of the people ; with this, there is no power which can prevent a ruler from attaining it. " An intelligent ruler will regulate the livelihood...satisfied, and that in bad years they shall escape tlie danger of perishing. After this he may urge them, and they will proceed to what is good, for in... | |
 | Confucius - Chinese literature - 1887 - 398 pages
...follow them up and punish them ; — this is to entrap the people. How can such a thing as entnipping the people be done under the rule of a benevolent...be abundantly satisfied, and that in bad years they shah" escape the danger of perishing. After this he may urge them, and they will proceed to what is... | |
 | James Legge - China - 1895 - 608 pages
...the people have felt the power of the instruction and moral L 2 THE WORKS OF MENCIUS. [KI * • ft punish them ; — this is to entrap the people. How...livelihood of the people, so as to make sure that, for those above them, they shall have sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and, for those below... | |
 | China - 1895 - 604 pages
...— this is to entrap the people. How can such a thing as entrapping the people be done under trie rule of a benevolent man ? 21. 'Therefore an intelligent...livelihood of the people, so as to make sure that, for those above them, they shall have sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and, for those below... | |
 | Huan-chang Chʻen - China - 1911 - 792 pages
...above them, they shall have sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and, for those below them, sufficient wherewith to support their wives and children ; that in good years they shall always be abund1 Classics, vol. i, p. 186. antly satisfied, and that in bad years they shall escape the danger... | |
 | China - 1914 - 640 pages
...— 287 — jj£ J- THE WORKS OF MENCIU3. to the people' if they have not a certain livelihood, if follows that they will not have a fixed heart. And...that in good years they shall always be abundantly satisfien, anil that in bad years they shall escape the danger of perishing. After this he may urge... | |
 | George Foot Moore - 1913 - 668 pages
...thus have been involved in crime, to follow them up and punish them — this is to entrap the people. Therefore an intelligent ruler will regulate the livelihood...of the people, so as to make sure that, above, they have sufficient wherewith to serve their parents, and, below, sufficient wherewith to support their... | |
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