4. Chang asked, "If the prince sends a scholar a present, he accepts it. I do not know whether this present may be constantly repeated." Mencius answered, "There was the conduct of the duke Muh to Tsze-sze—He made frequent inquiries after Tsze-sze's health,
On one prince, driven from his state, finding an assured and regular support with another, see the Leke, IX, I, 13. It is only stated there, however, that a prince did not employ another refugee prince as a minister. We know only from Mencius, so far as I am aware, that a prince driven from his own dominions would find maintenance in another state, according to a sort of law.