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齐宣王欲短丧。公孙丑曰：“为期［1］之丧，
犹愈于已乎？”
孟子曰：“是犹或 ［2］其兄之臂，子谓
之姑徐徐云尔，亦教之孝弟而已矣。”
王子有其母死者，其傅为之请数月之丧。
公孙丑曰：“若此者，何如也？”
曰：“是欲终之而不可得也。虽加一日
愈于已，谓夫莫之禁而弗为者也。”
The king Xuan of Qi wanted to shorten the
period of mourning. Gongsun Chou said, “To have
one whole year’s mourning is better than doing away
with it altogether.”
Mencius said, “That is just as if there were one
twisting the arm of his elder brother, and you were
merely to say to him—‘Gently, gently, if you please.’
Your only course should be to teach such an one
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