CHAPTER 30. HOW MENCIUS EXPLAINED HIS FRIENDLY INTERCOURSE WITH A MAN CHARGED WITH BEING UNFILIAL.
1. K＇wang Chang was an officer of Ts＇e. His name,acc. to 顾麒士, was Chang, and designation Changtsze, so that Kung-too calls him by his name, and Mencius by his design. In opp. to this, 蔡虚齐 says that Kung-too merely drops a part of the designation,just as when Yen Hwuy is called Yen Yuen, instead of Yen Tsze-yuen. But both these explanations are to be rejected. Chang was the name,
2. 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 Chang guilty of any one of these things?