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陳相見孟子。道許行之言曰：賢者與民并耕而食。孟子曰：治天下有大人之事，有小人之事，或勞心，或勞力，勞心者治人，勞力者治於人，故治於人者食人，不能治人者食於人，天下之通義也。 |
| | Chen Xiang met Mencius. He spoke highly of Xu Xing's words, saying: "A virtuous man tills the land together with the people and eats." Mencius said: "To govern the world, there are tasks for great men and tasks for common people. Some labor with their minds, others labor with their strength. Those who labor with their minds rule over others; those who labor with their strength are ruled by others. Therefore, those who are ruled by others feed others, while those who cannot rule others are fed by others. This is the universal principle of the world."
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當堯之時，洪水橫流，氾濫於天下，堯獨憂之，舉舜而治焉。舜使禹疏九河，決汝漢，八年於外，三過其門而不入，雖欲耕，得乎？。 |
| | In Yao's time, floods surged wildly and overflowed across the land. Yao alone was worried about this situation, so he appointed Shun to deal with it. Shun sent Yu to dredge the Nine Rivers and to open up the Ru and Han rivers. For eight years, Yu worked outside his home territory, passing by his own gate three times without entering. Even if he had wanted to farm, could he have done so? 。
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堯以不得舜為己憂，舜以不得禹、皋陶為己憂，分人以財謂之惠，教人以善謂之忠，為天下得人謂之仁，是故以天下與人易，為天下得人難。 |
| | Yao was worried about not having Shun, and Shun was worried about not having Yu and Gao Tao. Giving wealth to others is called kindness; teaching others goodness is called loyalty; finding people for the good of the world is called benevolence. Therefore, giving away the world to someone is easy, but finding suitable people for the benefit of the world is difficult.
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