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儒家 -> 孟子 -> 告子下 -> 21.4

屋廬子不能對，Wu Lu was unable to reply to these questions,
明日之鄒以告孟子。and the next day he went to Zou, and told them to Mencius.
孟子曰：「於答是也何有？Mencius said, 'What difficulty is there in answering these inquiries?
不揣其本而齊其末，If you do not adjust them at their lower extremities, but only put their tops on a level,
方寸之木可使高於岑樓。 a piece of wood an inch square may be made to be higher than the pointed peak of a high building.
金重於羽者， Gold is heavier than feathers;
豈謂一鉤金與一輿羽之謂哉？but does that saying have reference, on the one hand, to a single clasp of gold, and, on the other, to a waggon-load of feathers?
取食之重者，If you take a case where the eating is of the utmost importance
與禮之輕者而比之，and the observing the rules of propriety is of little importance, and compare the things together,
奚翅食重？ why stop with saying merely that the eating is more important?
取色之重者，So, taking the case where the gratifying the appetite of sex is of the utmost importance
與禮之輕者而比之， and the observing the rules of propriety is of little importance,
奚翅色重？ why stop with merely saying that the gratifying the appetite is the more important?
往應之曰： Go and answer him thus,
『紾兄之臂而奪之食，"If, by twisting your elder brother's arm, and snatching from him what he is eating,
則得食； you can get food for yourself,
不紾，while, if you do not do so,
則不得食， you will not get anything to eat,
則將紾之乎？ will you so twist his arm?
踰東家牆而摟其處子，If by getting over your neighbour's wall, and dragging away his virgin daughter,
則得妻； you can get a wife,
不摟， while if you do not do so,
則不得妻， you will not be able to get a wife,
則將摟之乎？』」 will you so drag her away?"'

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