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Mencius
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梁惠王上. Liang Hui Wang I
梁惠王下. Liang Hui Wang II
公孫丑上. Gong Sun Chou I
公孫丑下. Gong Sun Chou II
滕文公上. Teng Wen Gong I
滕文公下. Teng Wen Gong II
離婁上. Li Lou I
離婁下. Li Lou II
萬章上. Wan Zhang I
萬章下. Wan Zhang II
告子上. Gaozi I
告子下. Gaozi II
盡心上. Jin Xin I
盡心下. Jin Xin II
Mencius
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The king said, 'You are right. And yet there really was an appearance of what the people condemned. But though Qi be a small and narrow State, how should I grudge one ox? Indeed it was because I could not bear its frightened appearance, as if it were an innocent person going to the place of death, that therefore I changed it for a sheep.'
Mencius pursued, 'Let not your Majesty deem it strange that the people should think you were grudging the animal. When you changed a large one for a small, how should they know the true reason? If you felt pained by its being led without guilt to the place of death, what was there to choose between an ox and a sheep?
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