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離婁上 - Li Lou I

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9 離婁上:
孟子曰:「桀紂之失天下也,失其民也;失其民者,失其心也。得天下有道:得其民,斯得天下矣;得其民有道:得其心,斯得民矣;。民之歸仁也,猶水之就下、獸之走壙也。故為淵敺魚者,獺也;為叢敺爵者,鸇也;為湯武敺民者,桀與紂也。今天下之君有好仁者,則諸侯皆為之敺矣。雖欲無王,不可得已。今之欲王者,猶七年之病求三年之艾也。苟為不畜,終身不得。苟不志於仁,終身憂辱,以陷於死亡。《》云『其何能淑,載胥及溺』,此之謂也。」
Li Lou I:
Mencius said, 'Jie and Zhou's losing the throne, arose from their losing the people, and to lose the people means to lose their hearts. There is a way to get the kingdom: get the people, and the kingdom is got. There is a way to get the people: get their hearts, and the people are got. There is a way to get their hearts: it is simply to collect for them what they like, and not to lay on them what they dislike. The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness. Accordingly, as the otter aids the deep waters, driving the fish into them, and the hawk aids the thickets, driving the little birds to them, so Jie and Zhou aided Tang and Wu, driving the people to them. If among the present rulers of the kingdom, there were one who loved benevolence, all the other princes would aid him, by driving the people to him. Although he wished not to become sovereign, he could not avoid becoming so. The case of one of the present princes wishing to become sovereign is like the having to seek for mugwort three years old, to cure a seven years' sickness. If it have not been kept in store, the patient may all his life not get it. If the princes do not set their wills on benevolence, all their days will be in sorrow and disgrace, and they will be involved in death and ruin. This is illustrated by what is said in the Book of Poetry, "How otherwise can you improve the kingdom? You will only with it go to ruin."'

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