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离娄下 - Li Lou II

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30 离娄下:
子产听郑国之政,以其乘舆济人于溱洧。孟子曰:“惠而不知为政。岁十一月徒杠成,十二月舆梁成,民未病涉也。君子平其政,行辟人可也。焉得人人而济之?故为政者,每人而悦之,日亦不足矣。”
Li Lou II:
When Zi Chan was chief minister of the State of Zheng, he would convey people across the Zhen and Wei in his own carriage. Mencius said, 'It was kind, but showed that he did not understand the practice of government. When in the eleventh month of the year the foot-bridges are completed, and the carriage-bridges in the twelfth month, the people have not the trouble of wading. Let a governor conduct his rule on principles of equal justice, and, when he goes abroad, he may cause people to be removed out of his path. But how can he convey everybody across the rivers? It follows that if a governor will try to please everybody, he will find the days not sufficient for his work.'

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