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滕文公下 - Teng Wen Gong II

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12 滕文公下:
公孙丑问曰:“不见诸侯何义?”
Teng Wen Gong II:
Gong Sun Chou asked Mencius, saying, 'What is the point of righteousness involved in your not going to see the princes?'
孟子曰:“古者不为臣不见。段干木逾垣而辟之,泄柳闭门而不内,是皆已甚。迫,斯可以见矣。阳货欲见孔子而恶无礼,大夫有赐于士,不得受于其家,则往拜其门。阳货瞰孔子之亡也,而馈孔子蒸豚;孔子亦瞰其亡也,而往拜之。当是时,阳货先,岂得不见?曾子曰:‘胁肩谄笑,病于夏畦。’子路曰:‘未同而言,观其色赧赧然,非由之所知也。’由是观之,则君子之所养可知已矣。”
Mencius replied, 'Among the ancients, if one had not seen a minister in a State, he did not go to see the sovereign. Duan Gan Mu leaped over his wall to avoid the prince. Xie Liu shut his door, and would not admit the prince. These two, however, carried their scrupulosity to excess. When a prince is urgent, it is not improper to see him. Yang Huo wished to get Confucius to go to see him, but disliked doing so by any want of propriety. As it is the rule, therefore, that when a great officer sends a gift to a scholar, if the latter be not at home to receive it, he must go to the officer's to pay his respects, Yang Huo watched when Confucius was out, and sent him a roasted pig. Confucius, in his turn, watched when Huo was out, and went to pay his respects to him. At that time, Yang Huo had taken the initiative - how could Confucius decline going to see him? Zengzi said, "They who shrug up their shoulders, and laugh in a flattering way, toil harder than the summer labourer in the fields." Zi Lu said, "There are those who talk with people with whom they have no great community of feeling. If you look at their countenances, they are full of blushes. I do not desire to know such persons." By considering these remarks, the spirit which the superior man nourishes may be known.'

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