1. Shun-yuK＇wǎn,—see IV, Pt. I, xvii. That chapter and the notes should be read along with this. 名 and 实are not here opposed to each other, as often,—"name"and "reality." The "name" here is the fame of the"reality." 为人,—"with a regard to others," i.e., such a man＇s motive in public life is to benefit others. 自为=为己, "with a regard to himself," i.e., such a man＇s motive is to cultivate his own good and excellence, 上refers to the prince; 下 refers to the people. 仁者,—it is assumed that the fact of Mencius being among the high ministers of the state took him out of the category of those who made themselves their aim in life, and the 仁者 therefore is a hit of the questioner.Throughout the ch., 仁 has perhaps more the idea of perfect virtue, free from all selfishness, than of benevolence.