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lay up anger, nor cherish resentment against his
brother, but only regards him with affection and
love. Regarding him with affection, he wishes him to
be honourable; regarding him with love, he wishes
him to be rich. The appointment of Xiang to be the
prince of Youbi was to enrich and ennoble him. If
while Shun himself was sovereign, his brother had
been a common man, could he have been said to
regard him with affection and love?”
Wan Zhang said, “I venture to ask what you
mean by saying that some supposed that it was a
banishing of Xiang?”
Mencius replied, “Xiang could do nothing in
his state. The Son of Heaven appointed an officer
to administer its government, and to pay over its
revenues to him. This treatment of him led to its
being said that he was banished. How indeed could
he be allowed the means of oppressing the people?
Nevertheless, Shun wished to be continually seeing
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