Mencius. Book VII: Tsin Sin. Part I. Chapter XLII.
Legge's summary: One must live or die with his principles, acting from himself, not with regard to other men.
1. Mencius said, 'When right principles prevail throughout the kingdom, one's principles must appear along with one's person. When right principles disappear from the kingdom, one's person must vanish along with one's principles.
2. 'I have not heard of one's principles being dependent for their manifestation on other men.'
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James Legge, published in 1861 and revised for publication in 1895. Prepared as etext by Stephen R. McIntyre. Noded by
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