Chen Zhen asked Mencius: “The other day in Qi, the king offered you one hundred yi of fine gold, and you refused it. But in Song, you accepted seventy yi, and in Xue, fifty yi. This seems contradictory: If refusing the gift in Qi was right, then accepting in Song and Xue must be…
Mencius said: “Is the arrow-maker really less humane than the armor-maker?”
Mencius said: “Everyone possesses a heart that cannot bear to see others suffer. The ancient sage-kings had this very ‘heart of not bearing the suffering of others,’ and thus they implemented policies that reflected that compassion.
8.4 When Master Zeng was ill, Meng Jing came to see him.
7.9 If at a meal the Master found himself seated next to someone who was in mourning, he did not eat his fill.
6.17The Master said, “Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?