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dissatisfaction expressed in the Kai Feng?”
Mencius replied, “The parentis fault referred
to in the Kai Feng is small; that referred to in the
Xiao Pan is great. Where the parent’s fault was
great, not to have murmured on account of it would
have increased the want of natural affection. Where
the parent’s fault was small, to have murmured
on account of it would have been to act like water
which frets and foams about a stone that interrupts
its course. To increase the want of natural affection
would have been unfilial, and to fret and foam
in such a manner would also have been unfilial.
Confucius said, ‘Shun was indeed perfectly filial!
And yet, when he was fifty, he was full of longing
desire about his parents.’ ”
【注释】［1］高子：齐人，年龄比孟子大，故
孟子下文称其为“高叟”。［2］《小弁》：《诗
经·小雅》中篇名。弁（p1n），快乐。［3］固：
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