7. ＇Since all men have these four principles in themselves, let them know to give them all their development and completion, and the issue will be like that of fire which has begun to burn, or that of a spring which has begun to find vent. Let them have their complete development, and they will suffice to love and protect all within the four seas.
and the approbation of it accordingly, and disapproving is the knowledge of what is evil, and disapprobation of it accordingly. Such is the account of the terms in the text, given by Ch?Hsi and others. The feelings described make up, he says, the mind of man, and Mencius ＇discouraging about commiseration goes on to enumerate them all＇. This seems to be the true account of the introduction of the various principles.They lie together, merely in opposition. In the 或问and 语类, however, Ch?Hsi labours to develop the other three from the first.—Observe that ＇the feeling of shame and dislike＇, &c., in the original, is—＇the mind that feels and dislike＇, &c.