2. Rung-sun Ch'ow said, "What do you mean?"Menciusanswered, "The Hwuy of Leang, for the matter of territory, tore and destroyed his people, leading them to battle.Sustaining a great defeat, he would engage again, and afraid lest they should not be able to secure the victory, urged his son whom he loved till he sacrificed him with them. This is what I call 'beginning with what they do not care for, and proceeding to what they care for."
CHAPTER II
1. Mencius said, "In the 'Spring and Autumn'there are no righteous wars. Instances indeed there are of one war better than another.