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齐饥。陈臻曰：“国人皆以夫子将复为
发棠［1］，殆不可复。”
孟子曰：“是为冯妇［2］也。晋人有冯妇者，
善搏虎，卒为善士。则之野，有众逐虎。虎
负嵎［3］，莫之敢撄［4］。望见冯妇，趋而迎之。
冯妇攘臂下车。众皆悦之，其为士者笑之。”
When Qi was suffering from famine, Chen
Zhen said to Mencius, “The people are all thinking
that you, Master, will again ask that the granary of
Tang be opened for them. I apprehend you will not
do so a second time.”
Mencius said, “To do it would be to act like
Feng Fu. There was a man of that name in Jin,
famous for his skill in seizing tigers. Afterwards
he became a scholar of reputation, and going once
out to the wild country, he found the people all in
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