 “So” (ran) is frequently used to indicate that a predicate is true of a thing. It can also mean “the case” or “how things are.” According to Mohist Canon A71, something is “so” when its features are similar to a model for a certain kind of thing. “Admissible” (ke) refers to statements that are semantically or logically “possible”—that is, free of logical or pragmatic contradiction. In contexts concerning action, “admissible” refers to what is permissible by moral, social, prudential, or other standards. So “making so the not-so, admissible the inadmissible” refers to collapsing or reversing conventional distinctions governing language use, judgment, morality, and courtesy. The practical upshot is roughly the same as that of “uniting same and different,” but the latter refers to kind relations between objects, “making so the not-so” to speech and action. “Making admissible the inadmissible” was the trademark of Deng Xi, the earliest figure associated with the School of Names, who became famous for his doctrine of “both sides admissible” (liang ke). 