2. The king said, ＇May a minister then put his sovereign to death?＇
3. Mencius said, ＇He who outrages the benevolence proper to his nature, is called a robber; he who outrages righteousness, is called a ruffian. The robber and ruffian we call a mere fellow. I have heard of the cutting off of the fellow Chau, but I have not heard of the putting a sovereign to death, in his case.＇
CHAPTER IX
1. Mencius, having an interview with the king Hsüan of Ch＇?, said to him, ＇If you are going to build a large mansion, you will surely cause the Master of the workmen to look out for large trees, and when he has found such large trees, you will be glad, thinking that they will answer for the intended object.