Absurdity of a ruler not following wise
counsellors, I. Pt II. ix.

Acknowledged favours, how Mencius,
VI. Pt II. v.

Action, faith necessary to firmness in,
VI. Pt II. xii.

Adherence to one course, against obsti-
nate, VII. Pt I. xxvi.

Advantages, the greatest, of friendship,
V. Pt II. viii.

Advice of Mencius with regard to
mourning, III. Pt I. ii.

Adviser of the princes might always be
perfectly satisfied, how an, VII. Pt
ix.

Affliction, benefits of, VII. Pt I. xviii.
Aged, the, were nourished by the go-

vernment of king Wăn, VII. Pt I.
xxii.

Ages, different conduct of great men in
different, reconcileable, IV. Pt II.
xxix.

Agreement of sages not affected by
place or time, IV. Pt II. i.
Agriculture, importance of a ruler at-
tending to, III. Pt I. iii.-a ruler
should not labour at, with his own
hands, III. Pt I. iv.

Air, how one's material position affects
bis, VII. Pt I. xxxvi.
Ambition, and avarice, evils of, I. Pt
II. xi.-of Hwuy of Leang, VII. Pt
II. i.

Ambitious, who among Confucius' dis-
ciples were the, VII. Pt II. xxxvii.
Ancient (s), the, shared their pleasures
with the people, I. Pt I. ii.-sur-
passed other men, in what, I. Pt I.
vii.-the music of the, I. Pt 1I. i.-

true kings, tours of inspection made
by, I. Pt II. iv.: VI. Pt II. vii.-
coffins used by the, II. Pt II. vii.-
sages, how all men may become equal
to the, III. Pt I. i.-kings practised
benevolent government, III. Pt II.
v.-Mencius appeals to the example
and maxims of the, III. Pt II. vii.-
kings, the example and principles of,
must be studied, IV. Pt I. i.; ii.—
the, exchanged sons, each one teach-
ing the son of the other, IV. Pt I.
xviii.-making friends of the, V. Pt
II. viii.-the, cultivated the nobility
that is of Heaven, VI. Pt I. xvi.
scholars maintained the dignity of
their characters, how, VII. Pt I.
viii. and modern rule contrasted,
VII. Pt II. viii.-the, led men by
their example, VII. Pt II. xx.
Animals, man how much different from,
IV. Pt II. xix.

Antiquity, the example of, VII. Pt

I. ix.

Appetites, the superior man subjects his,
to the will of Heaven, VII. Pt II.
xxiv.

Archer, he who would be benevolent is
like an, II. Pt I. vii.

Archery, learning, IV. Pt II. xxiv.:
VI. Pt I. xx.

Arrangement of dignities and emolu-

ments according to the dynasty of
Chow, V. Pt II. ii.

Association, influence of, III. Pt II.
vi. VI. Pt I. ix.-with those of
whom one does not approve, unavoid-
able, III. Pt II. x.
Attainment, real, must be made by the

learner for himself, VII. Pt II. v.
Authority, punishment should be in-
flicted only by the proper, II. Pt II.
viii.

Barbarians, influence of the Chinese on,
III. Pt I. iv.

Barley, illustration taken from, VI. Pt
I. vii.

Beauty, the love of, compatible with
royal government, I. Pt. II. v.-only
moral, is truly excellent, IV. Pt II.

XXV.

Behaviour of Mencius with an un-
worthy associate, II. Pt II. vi.
Benefits of trouble and affliction, VII.
Pt I. xviii.
Benevolence, and righteousness, I. Pt
I. i. VI. Pt II. iv.-belongs natur-
ally to man, II. Pt I. vi.: IV. Pt
I. x.: VI. Pt I. i.: VII. Pt I. xv. ;
Pt II. xvi.-exhortation to, II. Pt I.
vii.-importance to all of exercising,
IV. Pt I. ii.—the only security of a
prince, IV. Pt I. vii.; viii. ; ix.-
filial piety the richest fruit of, IV.
Pt I. xxvii.-the superior man pre-
serves, IV. Pt II. xxviii.-and right-
eousness equally internal, VI. Pt I.
iv.; v.-it is necessary to practise
with all one's might, VI. Pt I. xviii.
-must be matured, VI. Pt I. xix.
-and righteousness, the difference
between Yaou and Shun, Tang and
Woo, and the five Chiefs in relation
to, VII. Pt I. xxx.-the empire can
be got only by, VII, Pt II. xiii.
Benevolent government, I. Pt I. v.;
vii. III. Pt I. iii.: IV. Pt I. i.—
safety and prosperity lie in, I. Pt II.
xi.-affections of the people secured
by, I. Pt II. xii.-glory the result of,
II. Pt I. iv.-the prince who sets
about practising has none to fear, III.
Pt II. v.

:

Chiefs of the princes, the five, VI. Pt
II. vii.

Chieftain of the princes not a sovereign
of the kingdom, II. Pt I. iii.-in-
fluence of a, different from that of a
true sovereign, VII. Pt I. xiii.
Child-like, the great man is, IV. Pt
II. xii.

Comfort under calumny, VII. Pt II.
xix.

Common relations of life, importance of,
to the prosperity of the kingdom, IV.
Pt I. xi.
Compass and square, use of the, IV.
Pt I. ii.

Concert, the character of Confucius a
complete, V. Pt II. i.
Condemnation of Hwuy of Lëang, VII.

Pt II. i.

Confidence of the Sovereign, how to
obtain, IV. Pt I. xii.
Consequences, the thought of, should
make men careful, VI. Pt II. vii.
Conspicuous mound, monopolizing the,
II. Pt II. x.

Constitution, benevolence and right-
eousness part of man's, VII. Pt I.

XV.

Conviction, how Mencius brought
home, II. Pt II. iv.

Cookery, E Yin's knowledge of, V. Pt
I. vii.

Corn, assisting, to grow, II. Pt I. ii.
Corrupt times are provided against by

established virtue, VII. Pt II. x.
Counselling princes from the ground of
profit, danger of, VI. Pt II. iv.
Counsellors of great men should be
morally above them, VII. Pt II.
xxxiv.

Counsels for the government of a State,
III. Pt I. iii.

Courses, two, open to a prince pursued
by his enemies, I. Pt II. xv.-of
Yaou and Shun, VI. Pt II. ii.
Court, Mencius would not pay, to a
favourite, IV. Pt II. xxvii.
Cultivation, men's disregard of self-,
VI. Pt I. xiii.-men may become

Yaous and Shuns by the, of their prin-
ciples and ways, VI. Pt II. ii.—of
the mind must not be intermitted,
VII. Pt II. xxi.

Death or flight, whether should be
chosen, I. Pt II. xv. - there are
things which men dislike more than
death, VI. Pt I. x.-how Mencius
predicted the, of P'wan Shing-kwoh,
VII. Pt II. xxix.

Decencies may not be expected, where
virtues are wanting, VII. Pt I. xliv.
Decrees of Heaven, man's duty as af-
fected by the, VII. Pt I. ii.
Deeds, not words or manners, prove
mental qualities, IV. Pt I. xvi.
Defects, men are sensible of bodily, but
not of mental or moral, VI. Pt I.
xii.

Defence, of Shun's conduct, V. Pt I.
ii.; iii.—of E Yin, V. Pt I. vii.-of
Confucius, V. Pt I. viii.-of accept-
ing presents from oppressors of the
people, V. Pt II. iv.

Degeneracy, the progress of, from the

three kings to the five chiefs of the
princes, VI. Pt II. vii.

Deluge, the Chinese, III. Pt I. iv.; Pt
II. ix. IV. Pt II. xxvi.; VI. Pt
II. xi.

Desires, the regulation of, essential,
VII. Pt II. xxxv.
Developing their natural goodness may
make men equal the ancient sages,
III. Pt I. i.: VII. Pt II. xxxi.
Dignities, arrangement of, in the dyn-
asty of Chow, V. Pt II. ii.
Dignity, how the ancient scholars
maintained their, VII. Pt I. viii.

how Mencius maintained his, with
the princes, VII. Pt II. xxiii.
Disappointment of Mencius with the
king Seang, I. Pt I. vi.
Discrimination of what is right and

wrong must precede vigorous right-
doing, IV. Pt II. viii.

Disgraceful means which men take to
seek wealth and honour, IV. Pt II.
xxxiii.

Disposition, a man's true, will often
appear in small matters, VII. Pt II.

Pt I. xii.-of the sages, to be ad-
vanced to by successive steps, VII.
Pt I. xxiv. on the transmission of,
from Yaou to Mencius' own time,
VII. Pt II. xxxviii.

Duties which the virtuous and talented
owe to the young and ignorant, IV.
Pt II. vii.-of different classes of
chief ministers, V. Pt II. ix.
Duty, man's, how affected by the de-
crees of Heaven, VII. Pt I. ii.-be-
nevolence the path of, VII. Pt II.

xvi.

Dynasties, Hea, Yin, and Chow, II. Pt
I. i.: III. Pt I. iii.: V. Pt II. vi. :
-Chow, II. Pt II. xiii.: V. Pt II.
ii.-the three, III. Pt I. iii.: IV.
Pt I. iii.; Pt II. xx.-Hea and
Yin, IV. Pt I. ii.-Shang or Yin, and
Chow, IV. Pt I. vii.

Earth, advantages of situation afforded
by the, II. Pt II. i.
Earth-worm, an over-fastidious scholar
compared to an, III. Pt II. x.
Education, importance of a ruler at-
tending to, III. Pt I. iii.

Elated by riches, not to be, a proof of
superiority, VII. Pt I. xi.
Emoluments, arrangement of, in the
Chow dynasty, V. Pt II. ii.
Emperor, friendship with an, V. Pt II.
iii.-equanimity of Shun as an, VII.
Pt II. vi.

Empire or whole kingdom, by whom
the torn, may be united, I. Pt I. vi.
-king Hwuy's competence to obtain
the, I. Pt I. vii.-employment of
Mencius would be for the good of the
whole, II. Pt II. xii.—the, the State,
the Family, IV. Pt I. v.-the way to
get the, IV. Pt I. ix. : VII. Pt II. xiii.
-tranquillity of, dependent on what,
IV. Pt I. xi.-a drowning, IV. Pt I.
xvii.-how Shun got the, V. Pt I.
v.-how Shun would have regarded
abandoning the, VII. Pt I. xxxv.
End, the, may justify the means, VII.
Pt I. xxxi.

Enjoyment, man's nature the source of
his true, VII. Pt I. xxi.
Equanimity of Shun in poverty, and as
emperor, VII. Pt II. vi.
Error of a Mihist refuted, III. Pt I.
v.; Pt II. ix.
Errors of Yang, Mih, and Tsze-moh,
VII. Pt I. xxvi.; Pt II. xxvi.
Evil, a warning to the violently, and
the weakly, IV. Pt I. x.-speaking,
brings with it evil consequences, IV.
Pt II. ix.

Exactions, just, should be made with

discrimination, VII. Pt II. xxvii.
Example, influence of, III. Pt. II. vi.
-influence of a ruler's, IV. Pt II.
v.-the ancients led men by, VII. Pt
II. xx.

Excellence, how a prince may subdue
men by, IV. Pt II. xvi.
Excusing of errors, how Mencius beat
down the, II. Pt II. ix.
Exhortation to benevolence, II. Pt I.
vii.

Explanation of friendly intercourse
with K'wang Chang, IV. Pt II. xxx.
-of the different conduct of Tsang
and Tsze-sze, IV. Pt II. xxxi.-of
Shun's conduct towards his brother,
V. Pt I. iii.-id. towards the emper-
or Yaou, and his father Koo-sow, V.
Pt I. iv. of the Odes Seaou P'wan
and K'ae Fang, VI. Pt II. iii.
Extreme cases must not be pressed to
invalidate a principle, VI. Pt II. i.

Faith, the necessity of, VI. Pt II. xii.
Fame, a love of, may carry a man
over great difficulties, VII. Pt II.
xi.

Father, why a, does not himself teach

his own son, IV. Pt I. xviii.
Favour to individuals, good govern-
ment does not lie in, IV. Pt II. ii.-
how Mencius acknowledged a, VI.
Pt II. v.

Favourite, Mencius would not pay
court to a, IV. Pt II. xxvii.
Filial piety, to have posterity, a part
of, IV. Pt I. xxvi.-in relation to be-
nevolence, &c., IV. Pt I. xxvii.-
how Shun valued and exemplified,
IV. Pt I. xxviii.-seen in the obse-
quies of parents, IV. Pt II. xiii.—of
K'wang Chang, IV. Pt II. xxx.—
great, of Shun, V. Pt I. i.; iv.-of
Tsang-tsze seen, VII. Pt II. xxxvi.
Firmness of Hwuy of Lew-hëa, VII.
Pt I. xxviii.

First judgments are not always correct,
IV. Pt II. xxiii.

Five things which are unfilial, IV. Pt
II. xxx.-injunctions of a covenant
of the princes, VI. Pt II. vii.—ways
in which the sage teaches, VII. Pt

I. xl.

Force, submission secured by, II. Pt I.
iii.

Forester refusing to come to the king
of Ts'e when called by a flag, V. Pt
II. vii.

Four limbs, principles of the mind com-
pared to the, II. Pt I. vi.-different
classes of ministers, VII. Pt I. xix.
Fraternal obedience, in relation to

righteousness, &c., IV. Pt I. xxvii.
-affection of Shun, V. Pt I. iii.
Freedom of Mencius, as unsalaried, to
speak out his mind, II. Pt II. v.
Friends, carefulness in making, IV.
Pt II. xxiv.

Friendship, the principles of, V. Pt II.
iii.; vii.; viii.

Gain, the love of, and the love of good,
contrasted, VII. Pt I. xxv.
Generosity of Mencius in receiving
pupils, VII. Pt II. xxx.
Gifts of princes, how Mencius declined
or accepted, II. Pt II. iii.
Glory the result of benevolent govern-
ment, II. Pt I. iv.

God, rulers and teachers assisting to,

I. Pt II. iii.-the ordinances of, II.
Pt I. iv. IV. Pt I. iv.-the decree
of, IV. Pt I. vii.-who may sacrifice
to, IV. Pt II. xxv.

Good, sages and worthies delighted in
what is, II. Pt I. viii.-importance
to a government of loving what is,
VI. Pt II. xiii.-man is fitted for,
and happy in doing, VII. Pt I. iv.
(See Nature)-people should get
their inspiration to, in themselves,
VII. Pt I. x.-the love of, and the
love of gain contrasted, VII. Pt I.
XXV.-words and principles, what
are, VII. Pt II. xxxii.
Goodness, different degrees of, VII. Pt
II. xxv.

Government, character of king Hwuy's,
I. Pt I. iii.; iv.-the love of music
subservient to good, I. Pt II. i.-
bad, of the king of Ts'e, I. Pt II. vi.
-of a kingdom, counsels for the, III.
Pt I. iii.-there is an art of, which
requires to be studied by rulers and
their ministers, IV. Pt I. i.-the ad-
ministration of, not difficult, IV. Pt
I. vi. the influence of king Wan's,
IV. Pt I. xiii.-good, lies in equal
measures for the general good, IV.
Pt II. ii. the aged were nourished
by king Wan's, VII. Pt I. xxii.-
the well-being of the people the first
care of a, VII. Pt I. xxiii.
Grain, illustration from growing, I. Pt

I. vi.

Great, Houses, a ruler should secure the
esteem of the, IV. Pt I. vi.-services,
Heaven prepares men for, how, VI.
Pt II. xv.

Great man, Mencius' conception of the,
III. Pt II. ii.-makes no mistakes in
propriety and righteousness, IV. Pt
II. vi.-simply pursues what is right,
IV. Pt II. xi.-is child-like, IV. Pt

II. xii.-in good men a reconciling |
principle will be found for the out-
wardly different conduct of, IV. Pt
II. xxix.-how some are, VI. Pt I.
XV. - - he who counsels, should be
morally above them, VII. Pt II.
xxxiv.

Grief of Mencius at not finding an op-
portunity to do good, II. Pt II. xiii.

Half measures of little use, I. Pt I. iii.
Hearts, of men, importance of getting
the, II. Pt II. i.: IV. Pt I. ix-the
pupil of the eye index of the, IV. Pt
1. xv.-how to nourish the, VII. Pt

II. XXXV.

Heaven, delighting in, and fearing, I.
Pt II. iii.-attaining to the royal
dignity rests with, I. Pt II. xiv.—a
man's way in life is ordered by, I.
Pt II. xvi.: V. Pt I. viii.-he who
has no enemy in the kingdom is the
minister of, II. Pt I. v.-opportuni-
ties vouchsafed by, II. Pt II. i.-
only the minister of, may smite a
nation, II. Pt II. viii.—the superior
man does not murmur against, II.
Pt II. xiii.-submission of States
determined by, IV. Pt I. vii.-Shun
got the empire by the gift of, V. Pt
I. v.-'s plan in the production of
mankind, V. Pt I. vii.; Pt II. i.

-'s places, offices, and emoluments,
V. Pt II. iii.-has given us, what,
VI. Pt I. xv.-the nobility of, VI.
Pt I. xvi.-prepares men by trials
and hardships, VI. Pt II. xv.-by
the study of ourselves we come to the
knowledge of, VII. Pt I. i.—what
may be correctly ascribed to the ap-
pointment of, VlI. Pt I. ii.-con-
ferred nature, the bodily organs a
part of the, VII. Pt I. xxxviii.-
how the superior man regards the
will of, VII. Pt II. xxiv.
Hereditary monarchy, Mencius' views
on, V. Pt I. v.; vi.

Heretics, recovered, should not have
their old errors cast in their teeth,
VII. Pt II. xxvi.

Hire, the labourer is worthy of his, III.
Pt II. iv.

History, quotations from, III. Pt I.
ii.; Pt II. i.

Honour, the true, which men should
desire, VI. Pt I. xvii.
/Husbandry, importance of, III. Pt I.

iii. VII. Pt I. xxii.; xxiii.—a
ruler should not labour at, with his
own hands, III. Pt I. iv.
Hypocrisy, Shun defended against a
charge of, V. Pt I. ii.

-

Imperial, or true royal, government, cha-
racteristics of, I. Pt I. vii.-dignity,
attained by true royal government, I.
Pt II. v. II. Pt I. v.-id. by doing
what is good and right, I. Pt II. xiv.
-government, Mencius wished to
see, and could have realized, a true,
II. Pt I. i.-sovereign should arise
every 500 years, II. Pt II. xiii.—
sway, not one of the things in which
the superior man delights, VII. Pt
1. xx.

Impulses must be weighed in the bal-
ance of reason, IV. Pt II. xxiii.
Inability, defined, I. Pt I. vii.
Inauspicious words, what are most
truly, IV. Pt II. xvii.
Influence, of king Wan's government,
IV. Pt I. xiii.—a man's, depends on
his personal example and conduct,
VII. Pt II. ix.-Pih-e, &c., proved
to be sages by the permanence of
their, VII. Pt II. xv.
Injunctions, five, in a covenant of the
princes, VI. Pt II. vii.
Insinuations of Shun-yn K'wăn, how
Mencius repelled the, VI. Pt II. vi.
Inspiration to good, people should get
in themselves, VII. Pt I. x.
Instrumentality of others affects one's
way in life, how far, I. Pt II. xvi.
Intercourse with neighbouring king-
doms, I. Pt II. iii.-of Mencius
with the princes of his time, III. Pt
II. i.
Internal, the foundation of righteous-
ness is, VI. Pt I. iv.; v.

Judgment concerning Pih-e and Hwuy
of Lew-hea, II. Pt I. ix.
Judgments, first, not always correct,
IV. Pt II. xxiii.-of character, how
men form wrong, VII. Pt I. xxxiv.

Killing a sovereign not necessarily
murder, I. Pt II. viii.-men, a prince
should not have pleasure in, I. Pt I.
vi.-the character of, does not de-
pend on the instrument used, I. Pt I.
iv.-the innocent, consequences of,
IV. Pt II. iv.

Kings, the three, VI. Pt II. vii.
Kingdoms, intercourse with neighbour-
ing, I. Pt II. iii.-the disposal of,
rests with the people, I. Pt II. x.
Knowledge ought to be pursued, how,
IV. Pt II. xxvi.

Labour, propriety of the division of,
III. Pt I. iv.-only that, to be pur-
sued, which accomplishes the object,
VII. Pt I. xxix.