3. Mencius said, "Yu, Tseih, and Yen Hwuy agreed in the principle of their conduct.
4. "Yu thought that if any one in the empire were drowned, it was as if he drowned him. Tseih thought that if any one in the empire suffered hunger, it was as if he famished him. It was on this account that they were so earnest.
CHAPTER 29. A RECONCILING PRINCIPLE WILL BE FOUND TO UNDERLIE THE OUTWARDLY DIFFERENT CONDUCT OF GREAT AND GOOD MEN;—IN HONOR OF YEN HWUY,WITH A REFERENCE TO MENCIUS HIMSELF.