Chao Ch＇? makes 彼 refers to ? Chih:—＇he only takes a part of the meaning. He loses the scope of the whole,and clings to the word infant.＇ This is ingenious, but does not seem sound. The ＇one root＇ is the parents(and the seed in reference to inanimate things, but the subject is all about men, and hence the 备旨 says that物 is to be taken as=人), to whom therefore should be given a peculiar affection. Mo saying that other men should be loved as much, and in the same way, as parents, made two roots. The 故 is quite enigmatic, but it is explained as I have done.