4. "The reason why I hate that holding to one point is the injury it does to the way of right principle. It takes up one point and disregards a hundred others."
CHAPTER XXVII
1. Mencius said, "The hungry think any food sweet,and the thirsty think the same of any drink, and thus they do not get the right taste of what they eat and drink. The hunger and thirst, in fact, injure theirpalate. And is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men＇s minds are also injured by them.