3. In this par., K＇wan advances in his condemnation of Mencius. At first he charged him with having left his office before he had accomplished anything. Here he insinuates that though he had remained, he would not have served the state. Tsze-low is the S?ě Lew of II, Pt. II, xi; comp. that ch. with this. Kung-e (named休) was prime minister of Loo, a man of merit and principle. Mencius might have denied the fact alleged by K＇wǎn, of the increased dismemberment of Loo under Duke Muh.