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齊宣王問曰：「文王之囿方七十里，有諸？」 |
| Liang Hui Wang II: |
The king Xuan of Qi asked, 'Was it so, that the park of king Wen contained seventy square li?' |
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孟子對曰：「於傳有之。」 |
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Mencius replied, 'It is so in the records.' |
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曰：「若是其大乎？」 |
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'Was it so large as that?' exclaimed the king. |
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曰：「民猶以為小也。」 |
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'The people,' said Mencius, 'still looked on it as small.' |
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曰：「寡人之囿方四十里，民猶以為大，何也？」 |
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The king added, 'My park contains only forty square li, and the people still look on it as large. How is this?' |
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曰：「文王之囿方七十里，芻蕘者往焉，雉兔者往焉，與民同之。民以為小，不亦宜乎？臣始至於境，問國之大禁，然後敢入。臣聞郊關之內有囿方四十里，殺其麋鹿者如殺人之罪。則是方四十里，為阱於國中。民以為大，不亦宜乎？」 |
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'The park of king Wen,' was the reply, 'contained seventy square li, but the grass-cutters and fuel-gatherers had the privilege of entrance into it; so also had the catchers of pheasants and hares. He shared it with the people, and was it not with reason that they looked on it as small? When I first arrived at the borders of your kingdom, I inquired about the great prohibitory regulations, before I would venture to enter it; and I heard, that inside the barrier-gates there was a park of forty square lî, and that he who killed a deer in it, was held guilty of the same crime as if he had killed a man. Thus those forty square li are a pitfall in the middle of the kingdom. Is it not with reason that the people look upon them as large?' |
