作者:
国学少长集
发布时间:
2024
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07
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齐宣王问曰:“交邻国有道乎?”孟子对曰:“有。惟仁者为能以大事小,是故汤事葛[1],文王事昆夷[2];惟智者为能以小事大,故大王事獯鬻[3],句践事吴[4]。以大事小者,乐天者也;以小事大者,畏天者也。乐天者保天下,畏天者保其国。《诗》云:‘畏天之威,于时保之。’”王曰:“大哉言矣!寡人有疾,寡人好勇。”对曰:“王请无好小勇。夫抚剑疾视,曰:‘彼恶敢当我哉!’此匹夫之勇,敌一人者也。王请大之!《诗》云:‘王赫斯[5]怒,爰[6]整其旅,以遏徂莒[7],以笃周祜[8],以对于天下。’此文王之勇也。文王一怒而安天下之民。《书》曰:‘天降下民,作之君,作之师。惟曰其助上帝,宠之四方。有罪无罪,惟我在,天下曷敢有越厥[9]志?’一人衡行[10]于天下,武王耻之。此武王之勇也。而武王亦一怒而安天下之民。今[11]王亦一怒而安天下之民,民惟恐王之不好勇也。”The king Xuan of Qi asked, saying, “Is there any way to regulate one’s maintenance of intercourse with neighbouring kingdoms?”Mencius replied, “There is. But it requires a perfectly virtuous prince to be able, with a great country, to serve a small one, —as, for instance, Tang served Ge, and king Wen served the Kun barbarians. And it requires a wise prince to be able, with a small country, to serve a lar...