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《孟子 - Mengzi》 | [Warring States] 340 BC-250 BC English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《孟子》 Library Resources Source Related resources |
《梁惠王下 - Liang Hui Wang II》 | Books referencing 《梁惠王下》 Library Resources |
| 20 | 梁惠王下: | 滕文公問曰：「滕，小國也，間於齊楚。事齊乎？事楚乎？」 |
| Liang Hui Wang II: | The duke Wen of Teng asked Mencius, saying, 'Teng is a small kingdom, and lies between Qi and Chu. Shall I serve Qi? Or shall I serve Chu?' | |
| 孟子對曰：「是謀非吾所能及也。無已，則有一焉：鑿斯池也，築斯城也，與民守之，效死而民弗去，則是可為也。」 | ||
| Mencius replied, 'This plan which you propose is beyond me. If you will have me counsel you, there is one thing I can suggest. Dig deeper your moats; build higher your walls; guard them as well as your people. In case of attack, be prepared to die in your defence, and have the people so that they will not leave you - this is a proper course.' |
《離婁下 - Li Lou II》 | Books referencing 《離婁下》 Library Resources |
| 54 | 離婁下: | 孟子曰：「天下之言性也，則故而已矣。故者以利為本。所惡於智者，為其鑿也。如智者若禹之行水也，則無惡於智矣。禹之行水也，行其所無事也。如智者亦行其所無事，則智亦大矣。天之高也，星辰之遠也，苟求其故，千歲之日至，可坐而致也。」 |
| Li Lou II: | Mencius said, 'All who speak about the natures of things, have in fact only their phenomena to reason from, and the value of a phenomenon is in its being natural. What I dislike in your wise men is their boring out their conclusions. If those wise men would only act as Yu did when he conveyed away the waters, there would be nothing to dislike in their wisdom. The manner in which Yu conveyed away the waters was by doing what gave him no trouble. If your wise men would also do that which gave them no trouble, their knowledge would also be great. There is heaven so high; there are the stars so distant. If we have investigated their phenomena, we may, while sitting in our places, go back to the solstice of a thousand years ago.' |
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