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?孟
子
过之，狐狸食之，蝇蚋姑嘬之［4］。其颡有 ［5］，
睨而不视。夫 也，非为人 ，中心达于面目。
盖归反 ［6］而掩之。掩之诚是也，则孝子
仁人之掩其亲，亦必有道矣。”
徐子以告夷子。夷子怃然［7］为间曰：“命［8］
之矣。”
The Mohist, Yi Zhi, sought, through Xu Pi,
to see Mencius. Mencius said, “I indeed wish to see
him, but at present I am still unwell. When I am
better, I will myself go and see him. He need not
come here again.”
Next day, Yi Zhi again sought to see Mencius.
Mencius said, “Today I am able to see him. But if
I do not correct his errors, the true principles will
not be fully evident. Let me first correct him. I have
heard that this Yi is a Mohist. Now Mo considers
that in the regulation of funeral matters a spare
simplicity should be the rule. Yi thinks with Mo’s
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