CHAPTER XXIV
1. P＇ang Mung learned archery of E. When he had acquired completely all the science of E, he thought that in all the kingdom only E was superior to himself,and so he slew him. Mencius said, ＇In this case E also was to blame. Kung-mingE indeed said,＇It would appear as if he were not to be blamed,＇
2. From the death of Confucius to the birth of Mencius could hardly be 100 years, so that, though Mencius could not learn his doctrines from the sage himself, he did so from his grandson Tsze-sze, or some of his disciples. 私=窃, in last ch. 淑=善, taken actively. 诸人=于人, the 人 referring to Tsze-sze and his school.—This and the three preceding chapters should be considered as one, whose purpose is much the same as III, Pt. II, ix, showing us that Mencius considered himself the successor of Confucius in the line of sages.