2. K＇w?n said, ＇The whole kingdom is drowning. How strange it is that you will not rescue it!＇
3. Mencius answered, ＇A drowning kingdom must be rescued with right principles, as a drowning sister-inlaw has to be rescued with the hand. Do you wish me to rescue the kingdom with my hand?＇
The final 为=作为, and in the passive, ＇to be made＇. 声音, ＇tones＇=words.
CHAPTER 17. HELP—EFFECTUAL HELP—CAN BE GIVEN TO THE WORLD, ONLY IN HARMONY WITH RIGHT AND PROPRIETY.
1. Shun-yuK＇w?n was a native of Ts＇e, a famous sophist, and otherwise a man of note in his day; see the ＇Historical Records＇, Bk. CXXVI, 列传, lxvi. He here tries to entrap Mencius into a confession that he did not well in maintaining his dignity of reserve. For the rule of propriety referred to, see the Le Ke, 1, ii, 31. 不亲=不以手相亲接. 权,—see Con. Ana., IX,xxix; XVIII, viii. 豺狼 may be taken together as= ＇a wolf＇. The names belong to difft. Animals of the same species. See on VI, Pt. I, xiv, 4.