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儒家 -> 孟子 -> 滕文公下 -> 6.2

孟子曰：Mencius said,
「昔齊景公田，'Formerly, the duke Jing of Qi,
招虞人以旌，once when he was hunting, called his forester to him by a flag.
不至， The forester would not come,
將殺之。 and the duke was going to kill him.
With reference to this incident, Confucius said,
志士不忘在溝壑， "The determined officer never forgets that his end may be in a ditch or a stream;
勇士不忘喪其元。 the brave officer never forgets that he may lose his head."
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あt15430え225え81え10030446え孔子奚取焉？What was it in the forester that Confucius thus approved?
取非其招不往也，He approved his not going to the duke, when summoned by the article which was not appropriate to him.
如不待其招而往， If one go to see the princes without waiting to be invited,
何哉？ what can be thought of him?
且夫枉尺而直尋者，Moreover, that sentence, "By bending only one cubit, you make eight cubits straight,"
以利言也。 is spoken with reference to the gain that may be got.
如以利，則枉尋直尺而利，亦可為與？If gain be the object, then, if it can be got by bending eight cubits to make one cubit straight, may we likewise do that?
昔者趙簡子使王良與嬖奚乘，Formerly, the officer Zhao Jian made Wang Liang act as charioteer for his favourite Xi,
終日而不獲一禽。when, in the course of a whole day, they did not get a single bird.
嬖奚反命曰：『天下之賤工也。』The favourite Xi reported this result, saying, "He is the poorest charioteer in the world."
或以告王良。 Some one told this to Wang Liang,
良曰： who said,
『請復之。』 "I beg leave to try again."
彊而後可，一朝而獲十禽。By dint of pressing, this was accorded to him, when in one morning they got ten birds.
嬖奚反命曰：『天下之良工也。』The favourite, reporting this result, said, "He is the best charioteer in the world."
簡子曰：『我使掌與女乘。』Jian said, "I will make him always drive your chariot for you."
謂王良。 When he told Wang Liang so,
良不可，however, Liang refused,
曰： saying,
『吾為之範我馳驅，"I drove for him, strictly observing the proper rules for driving,
終日不獲一； and in the whole day he did not get one bird.
為之詭遇， I drove for him so as deceitfully to intercept the birds,
一朝而獲十。 and in one morning he got ten.
《詩》云： It is said in the Book of Poetry,
「不失其馳， 'There is no failure in the management of their horses;
舍矢如破。」The arrows are discharged surely, like the blows of an axe.'
我不貫與小人乘， I am not accustomed to drive for a mean man.
請辭。』 I beg leave to decline the office."
御者且羞與射者比。Thus this charioteer even was ashamed to bend improperly to the will of such an archer.
比而得禽獸，雖若丘陵，Though, by bending to it, they would have caught birds and animals sufficient to form a hill,
弗為也。 he would not do so.
如枉道而從彼， If I were to bend my principles and follow those princes,
何也？ of what kind would my conduct be?
且子過矣， And you are wrong.
枉己者，未有能直人者也。」 Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.'

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