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儒家 -> 孟子 -> 萬章下 -> 12.2

孟子曰：「不挾長，不挾貴，不挾兄弟而友。Mencius replied, 'Friendship should be maintained without any presumption on the ground of one's superior age, or station, or the circumstances of his relatives.
友也者，友其德也，不可以有挾也。Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
孟獻子，百乘之家也，There was Meng Xian, chief of a family of a hundred chariots.
有友五人焉： He had five friends,
樂正裘、牧仲，namely, Yue Zheng Qiu, Mu Zhong,
其三人，則予忘之矣。 and three others whose names I have forgotten.
獻子之與此五人者友也， With those five men Xian maintained a friendship,
無獻子之家者也。 because they thought nothing about his family.
此五人者，亦有獻子之家，則不與之友矣。If they had thought about his family, he would not have maintained his friendship with them.
非惟百乘之家為然也。Not only has the chief of a family of a hundred chariots acted thus.
雖小國之君亦有之。The same thing was exemplified by the sovereign of a small State.
費惠公曰： The duke Hui of Bi said,
『吾於子思，則師之矣； "I treat Zi Si as my Teacher,
吾於顏般，則友之矣； and Yan Ban as my Friend.
王順、長息則事我者也。』As to Wang Shun and Chang Xi, they serve me."
非惟小國之君為然也， Not only has the sovereign of a small State acted thus.
雖大國之君亦有之。 The same thing has been exemplified by the sovereign of a large State.
晉平公之於亥唐也，入云則入，坐云則坐，食云則食。There was the duke Ping of Jin with Hai Tang - when Tang told him to come into his house, he came; when he told him to be seated, he sat; when he told him to eat, he ate.
雖疏食菜羹，未嘗不飽，蓋不敢不飽也。There might only be coarse rice and soup of vegetables, but he always ate his fill, not daring to do otherwise.
然終於此而已矣。Here, however, he stopped, and went no farther.
弗與共天位也， He did not call him to share any of Heaven's places,
弗與治天職也， or to govern any of Heaven's offices,
弗與食天祿也， or to partake of any of Heaven's emoluments.
士之尊賢者也， His conduct was but a scholar's honouring virtue and talents,
非王公之尊賢也。 not the honouring them proper to a king or a duke.
舜尚見帝， Shun went up to court and saw the sovereign,
帝館甥于貳室， who lodged him as his son-in-law in the second palace.
亦饗舜， The sovereign also enjoyed there Shun's hospitality.
迭為賓主， Alternately he was host and guest.
是天子而友匹夫也。 Here was the sovereign maintaining friendship with a private man.
用下敬上，Respect shown by inferiors to superiors
謂之貴貴； is called giving to the noble the observance due to rank.
用上敬下，Respect shown by superiors to inferiors
謂之尊賢。 is called giving honour to talents and virtue.
貴貴、尊賢，其義一也。The rightness in each case is the same.

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