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齊宣王問曰：「湯放桀，武王伐紂，有諸？」 |
| Liang Hui Wang II: |
The king Xuan of Qi asked, saying, 'Was it so, that Tang banished Jie, and that king Wu smote Zhou?' |
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孟子對曰：「於傳有之。」 |
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Mencius replied, 'It is so in the records.' |
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曰：「臣弒其君可乎？」 |
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The king said, 'May a minister then put his sovereign to death?' |
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曰：「賊仁者謂之賊，賊義者謂之殘，殘賊之人謂之一夫。聞誅一夫紂矣，未聞弒君也。」 |
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Mencius said, 'He who outrages the benevolence proper to his nature, is called a robber; he who outrages righteousness, is called a ruffian. The robber and ruffian we call a mere fellow. I have heard of the cutting off of the fellow Zhou, but I have not heard of the putting a sovereign to death, in his case.' |
