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today, I am better: —why should I not pay this
visit?”
In the mean time, the king sent a messenger to
inquire about his sickness, and also a physician.
Meng Zhong replied to them, "Yesterday, when
the king’s order came, he was feeling a little unwell,
and could not go to the court. Today he was a little
better, and hastened to go to court. I do not know
whether he can have reached it by this time or not.”
Having said this, he sent several men to look
for Mencius on the way, and say to him, “I beg that,
before you return home, you will go to the court.”
On this, Mencius felt himself compelled to go
to Jing Chou’s, and there stop the night.
Mr. Jing said to him, “In the family, there is
the relation of father and son; abroad, there is the
relation of prince and minister. These are the two
great relations among men. Between father and son
the ruling principle is kindness. Between prince and
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