Welcoming Those Who Return

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孟（mèng）子（zǐ）曰（yuē）：（）“（）逃（táo）墨（mò）必（bì）归（guī）于（yú）杨（yáng），（）逃（táo）杨（yáng）必（bì）归（guī）于（yú）儒（rú）。（）归（guī），（）斯（sī）受（shòu）之（zhī）而（ér）已（yǐ）矣（yǐ）。（）今（jīn）之（zhī）与（yǔ）杨（yáng）、（）墨（mò）辩（biàn）者（zhě），（）如（rú）追（zhuī）放（fàng）豚（tún），（）既（jì）入（rù）其（qí）苙（lì），（）又（yòu）从（cóng）而（ér）招（zhāo）之（zhī）。（）”（）

Mencius said, “Those who leave Mohism will turn to Yang Zhu; those who leave Yang Zhu will turn to the Ru tradition. Once they return, simply receive them. Today’s debaters who argue against Yang and Mo are like people chasing a runaway pig: even after it has entered its pen, they keep pursuing and shouting at it.”

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