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梁惠王上 - Liang Hui Wang I

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2 梁惠王上:
孟子见梁惠王,王立于沼上,顾鸿雁麋鹿,曰:“贤者亦乐此乎?”
Liang Hui Wang I:
Mencius, another day, saw King Hui of Liang. The king went and stood with him by a pond, and, looking round at the large geese and deer, said, 'Do wise and good princes also find pleasure in these things?'
孟子对曰:“贤者而后乐此,不贤者虽有此,不乐也。《》云:‘经始灵台,经之营之,庶民攻之,不日成之。经始勿亟,庶民子来。王在灵囿,麀鹿攸伏,麀鹿濯濯,白鸟鹤鹤。王在灵沼,于牣鱼跃。’文王以民力为台为沼。而民欢乐之,谓其台曰灵台,谓其沼曰灵沼,乐其有麋鹿鱼鼈。古之人与民偕乐,故能乐也。《汤誓》曰:‘时日害丧?予及女偕亡。’民欲与之偕亡,虽有台池鸟兽,岂能独乐哉?”
Mencius replied, 'Being wise and good, they have pleasure in these things. If they are not wise and good, though they have these things, they do not find pleasure. It is said in the Book of Poetry, "He measured out and commenced his marvellous tower; He measured it out and planned it. The people addressed themselves to it, And in less than a day completed it. When he measured and began it, he said to them - Be not so earnest: But the multitudes came as if they had been his children. The king was in his marvellous park; The does reposed about, The does so sleek and fat: And the white birds came glistening. The king was by his marvellous pond; How full was it of fishes leaping about!" King Wen used the strength of the people to make his tower and his pond, and yet the people rejoiced to do the work, calling the tower "the marvellous tower," calling the pond "the marvellous pond," and rejoicing that he had his large deer, his fishes, and turtles. The ancients caused the people to have pleasure as well as themselves, and therefore they could enjoy it. In the Declaration of Tang it is said, "O sun, when wilt thou expire? We will die together with thee." The people wished for Jie's death, though they should die with him. Although he had towers, ponds, birds, and animals, how could he have pleasure alone?'

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