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and moreover treat him with politeness. I venture to
ask why you do so.”

Mencius replied, “There are five things which
are pronounced in the common usage of the age to
be unfilial. The first is laziness in the use of one’s
four limbs, without attending to the nourishment
of his parents. The second is gambling and chess-
playing, and being fond of wine, without attending
to the nourishment of his parents. The third is being
fond of goods and money, and selfishly attached
to his wife and children, without attending to the
nourishment of his parents. The fourth is following
the desires of one’s ears and eyes, so as to bring
his parents to disgrace. The fifth is being fond of
bravery, fighting and quarrelling so as to endanger
his parents. Is Zhang guilty of any one of these
things? Now between Zhang and his father there
arose disagreement, he, the son, reproving his father,
to urge him to what was good. To urge one another

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